9.0The Quitter · 1934
The Quitter (1934) is a Drama film directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, William Bakewell.
Drama
9.0Overview
When her husband, who founded the town's crusading local newspaper, doesn't come back from the French battlefields of World War I, a woman struggles to raise her two sons and keep the newspaper going. Matters are complicated by the fact that, several years later, one of the sons wants to turn the paper from its position as a hard-fighting champion of the working-class into an upscale society paper catering to the rich and powerful. Matters are complicated even further by rumors that their father was in fact NOT killed in France during the war but took another man's identity and is still living there.
Cast
Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, William Bakewell, Barbara Weeks, Hale Hamilton, Glen Boles, Mary Kornman, Lafe McKee
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What is "The Quitter" about?
When her husband, who founded the town's crusading local newspaper, doesn't come back from the French battlefields of World War I, a woman struggles to raise her two sons and keep the newspaper going. Matters are complicated by the fact that, several years later, one of the sons wants to turn the paper from its position as a hard-fighting champion of the working-class into an upscale society paper catering to the rich and powerful. Matters are complicated even further by rumors that their father was in fact NOT killed in France during the war but took another man's identity and is still living there.
When was "The Quitter" released?
The Quitter was released in 1934.
Who stars in "The Quitter"?
The cast includes Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, William Bakewell, Barbara Weeks.
