Popularity: 3 (history)
Director: | Harold S. Bucquet |
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Writer: | Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West, Lawrence Edward Watkin |
Staring: |
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. | |
Release Date: | Jul 07, 1939 |
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Director: | Harold S. Bucquet |
Writer: | Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West, Lawrence Edward Watkin |
Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy, Drama |
Keywords | based on novel or book, grandparent grandchild relationship, small town, tree, grandfather, wish, aunt, grandparents, love, inheritance, grim reaper, orphan, housekeeper, trapped, death, heartbreak, grandson, elderly couple, apple tree, child custody, troublemaker, grandfather grandson relationship |
Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Lionel Barrymore | Julian Northrup aka Gramps |
Cedric Hardwicke | Mr. Brink |
Beulah Bondi | Nellie Northrup aka Granny |
Una Merkel | Marcia Giles |
Bobs Watson | Pud Northrup |
Nat Pendleton | Mr. Grimes |
Henry Travers | Dr. Evans |
Grant Mitchell | Mr. Pilbeam |
Eily Malyon | Demetria Riffle |
James Burke | Sheriff Burlingame |
Charles Waldron | Reverend Murdock |
Ian Wolfe | Charles Wentworth |
Phillip Terry | Bill Lowry |
Truman Bradley | James Northrup |
Dorothy Adams | Florist (uncredited) |
Barbara Bedford | Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited) |
Sonny Bupp | Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
Hans Conried | Man in Convertible (uncredited) |
Howard Hickman | Chief Surgeon (uncredited) |
Dickie Jones | Boy in Tree (uncredited) |
George Lloyd | Chief of Police (uncredited) |
Ted Oliver | State Trooper (uncredited) |
Doris Rankin | Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited) |
Harold Schlickenmayer | First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited) |
Name | Job |
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Paul Osborn | Theatre Play |
Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
Harold S. Bucquet | Director |
Alice D.G. Miller | Screenplay |
Frank O'Neill | Screenplay |
Claudine West | Screenplay |
Lawrence Edward Watkin | Novel |
Dolly Tree | Costumer |
Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
George Boemler | Editor |
John S. Detlie | Assistant Art Director |
Name | Title |
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Sidney Franklin | Producer |
Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
2024 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
2024 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
2024 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
2024 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
2024 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
2024 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
2024 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
2024 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Trending Position
An old man fights to keep his orphaned grandson from being taken away by a scheming relative, and things get even more difficult when Death comes calling...in the form of the wry and gentlemanly Sir Cedric Hardwicke! The film is well-done and packs a definite emotional wallop. There is a very high ... standard of acting throughout, and the chemistry between Lionel Barrymore, as the crotchety grandfather, and Bobs Watson, as little Pud, is especially good. Even when confined to a wheelchair, Barrymore's thespian talent still shines through.