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  • Career (1939)
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    80 min | Drama
Career (1939)
Passed
80 min | Drama

Merchant Stephen Cruthers is a pillar of strength in his small Iowa town. He empathizes with his son Ray when the boy is torn between pursuing a medical career or marrying Sylvia, banker Clem Bartholomew's daughter. Stephen's good deeds ...See moreMerchant Stephen Cruthers is a pillar of strength in his small Iowa town. He empathizes with his son Ray when the boy is torn between pursuing a medical career or marrying Sylvia, banker Clem Bartholomew's daughter. Stephen's good deeds extend to the reformation of the town drunk, Mudcat, whose new gift wrapping gadget is patented by the kindly merchant. Disappointed in love years earlier when Clem married the woman he loved, Stephen nevertheless is called upon by the local residents to come to Clem's aid when his bank fails during the Depression. After Stephen rejects a plea by Sylvia to save the bank by making a large deposit, the locals learn of his apparently selfish refusal to act and form a lynch mob outside his house. Stephen addresses the crowd and disarms them by giving a speech on rights and ethics and by explaining that his reason for not helping is that he knows the bank will fail regardless of his aid because of poor management. At Christmas time, Stephen has a change of heart and decides to save Clem's bank on the condition that he be allowed to take control of its operations and rescue it from mismanagement. The reformed Mudcat is made vice president of the bank and Clem and Stephen make amends. Later, when Sylvia tells Ray that she plans to marry Rex, Stephen comforts his son by explaining how important it is to keep fond memories of lost loves, and at the same time, be able to appreciate present and future loves. See less
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Jul 7, 1939 (United States)

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26 cast members
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Anne Shirley
Sylvia Bartholomew Sylvia Bartholomew   See fewer
Edward Ellis
Stephen Cruthers Stephen Cruthers   See fewer
Samuel S. Hinds
Clem Bartholomew Clem Bartholomew   See fewer
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Amy Cruthers Mrs. Amy Cruthers   See fewer
Leon Errol
Mudcat Mudcat   See fewer
Rowena Cook
Merta Katz (as Alice Eden) Merta Katz (as Alice Eden)   See fewer
John Archer
Ray Cruthers Ray Cruthers   See fewer
Maurice Murphy
Mel Bartholomew Mel Bartholomew   See fewer
Harrison Greene
Ben Burnett Ben Burnett   See fewer
Charles Drake
Rex Chaney Rex Chaney   See fewer
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jim Bronson Jim Bronson   See fewer
Dorothy Adams
Telephone Operator (uncredited) Telephone Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul E. Burns
Irate Bank Customer (uncredited) Irate Bank Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
Herbert Corthell
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Alec Craig
Jody (uncredited) Jody (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Darien
Cap (uncredited) Cap (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Emmett Keane
Chaney, Lawyer (uncredited) Chaney, Lawyer (uncredited)   See fewer
Sam McDaniel
Henry (uncredited) Henry (uncredited)   See fewer
Adrian Morris
Irate Bank Customer (uncredited) Irate Bank Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Pendleton
Boy (uncredited) Boy (uncredited)   See fewer
Lee Phelps
Irate Bank Customer (uncredited) Irate Bank Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
John Qualen
Jeff Trotter (uncredited) Jeff Trotter (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Tyler
Drug Store Customer (uncredited) Drug Store Customer (uncredited)   See fewer
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