THE QUITTER (1934) Charley Grapewin, Barbara Weeks, William Bakewell | Drama | B&W

The Quitter is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn and Barbara Weeks. It was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures, later absorbed into Republic.

SYNOPSIS
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.

CAST & CREW
Charley Grapewin as Ed Tilford
Emma Dunn as Cordelia Tilford
William Bakewell as Russell Tilford
Barbara Weeks as Diana Winthrop
Hale Hamilton as Maj. Stephen Winthrop
Glen Boles as Eddie Tilford
Mary Kornman as Annabelle Hibbs
Lafe McKee as Zack
Aggie Herring as Hannah
Jane Keckley as Sister Hooten
Edward LeSaint as Travers
John Elliott as Advertiser
Frank LaRue as Townsman
Phillips Smalley as Graham the Banker

Directed by Richard Thorpe
Written by Robert Ellis
Produced by George R. Batcheller
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Production company Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date February 5, 1934
Running time 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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