Over the Hill
7.2
“See this Picture-and peer into the Soul of Humanity”
In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
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Cast
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Mae Marsh
Ma Shelby
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
James Dunn
Johnny Shelby as an Adult
Known for
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Sally Eilers
Isabel Potter as an Adult
Also in
Bad Girl
The Black Camel
James Kirkwood
Pa Shelby in Prologue
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Edward Crandall
Thomas as an Adult
Also in
Glorifying the American Girl
Dance Team
Claire Maynard
Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
Also in
While Paris Sleeps
Dance Team
George Reed
Les, Wagon Driver
Olin Howland
Isaac as an Adult
Known for
The Blob
Them!
Joan Peers
Susan as an Adult
Also in
Applause
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Joe Hachey
Isaac Shelby in Prologue
Also in
Amateur Daddy
Tommy Conlon
Johnny Shelby in Prologue
Known for
The Sign of the Cross
Black Friday
Julius Molnar
Thomas Shelby in Prologue
Known for
The Man Who Laughs
Henry King Director · Jules Furthman Writer Tom Barry Writer
United States release November 29, 1931 · Produced in United States
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 29, 1931
Theatrical
Denmark
March 27, 1932 · Theatrical
Finland
October 30, 1932 · Theatrical
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