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Summary

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.

Cast

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)

Crew

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Novel

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Screenplay

Claudine West

Screenplay

Alice D.G. Miller

Screenplay

Frank O'Neill

Theatre Play

Paul Osborn

Reviews

barrymost

October 4, 2019

9

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.