In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

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Over the Hill (1931)

Drama · 1h 29m · 11/29/1931

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In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Company

Fox Film Corporation
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Cast
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Mae Marsh

Ma Shelby
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James Dunn

Johnny Shelby as an Adult
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Sally Eilers

Isabel Potter as an Adult
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James Kirkwood

Pa Shelby in Prologue
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Edward Crandall

Thomas as an Adult
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Claire Maynard

Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
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Olin Howland

Isaac as an Adult
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Joan Peers

Susan as an Adult
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Joe Hachey

Isaac Shelby in Prologue
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Tommy Conlon

Johnny Shelby in Prologue
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Julius Molnar

Thomas Shelby in Prologue
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Marilyn Harris

Susan Shelby in Prologue
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Nancy Irish

Isabel Potter in Prologue
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Eula Guy

Minnie, Isaac's Wife
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William Pawley

Ben Adams, Susan's Husband
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George H. Reed

Les, Wagon Driver
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Douglas Walton

Stephen
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David Hartford

Bill Collector
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Billy Barty

Shelby Boy (uncredited)
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Ward Bond

Detective Escort (uncredited)
Crew
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Frank E. Hull

Director
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Tom Barry

Director
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Henry King

Director
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Jules Furthman

Director
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George Lipschultz

Director
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John F. Seitz

Director
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Will Carleton

Director
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