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THE GREAT BROADWAY STAGE HIT REACHES THE SCREEN

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Screenplay by Claudine West, Frank O'Neill, Alice D.G. Miller

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RUNTIME 1h 39min GENRES Comedy, Drama, Fantasy STUDIOS Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer COUNTRIES USA LANGUAGES English More Details at TMDB

CAST

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Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Cedric Hardwicke Cedric Hardwicke Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi Beulah Bondi Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel Una Merkel Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson Bobs Watson Pud Northrup