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Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −29 min on the typical 109
typical 10980Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1933
April 14, 1933
93 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
19 people
Lionel BarrymoreDaniel Pardway
Eric LindenFreddie Pardway
William GarganGene Pardway
Gloria StuartPhoebe
Alan DinehartThane Pardway
Gregory RatoffAbe Ullman
Helen MackMamie Donahue
Lucien LittlefieldGrimson
George MeekerBert Pardway- NSNinetta SunderlandAbigail Pardway
Esther MuirViolet
Chick ChandlerGene's Friend (Uncredited)
Harry CordingCustomer (Uncredited)
Mary GordonMrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Esther HowardViolet's Madame (Uncredited)
Ivan LebedeffPrince Niko Gilitziv (Uncredited)
Franklin PangbornPhotographer (Uncredited)
Carl StockdaleDoctor (Uncredited)
Jim ThorpeIndian (Uncredited)
Directing · 2
- John Cromwell Director
- Doran Cox Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Howard Estabrook Screenplay
- Lester Cohen Screenplay, Novel
- H.W. Hanemann Screenplay
Production · 4
- David O. Selznick Producer
- Fred Schuessler Casting
- Pandro S. Berman Associate Producer
- Dick Stockton Casting Assistant
Camera · 1
- Edward Cronjager Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- George Nichols Jr. Editor
Sound · 3
- Max Steiner Original Music Composer
- Clem Portman Sound Recordist
- Bernhard Kaun Orchestrator
Art · 2
- Van Nest Polglase Settings
- Carroll Clark Settings
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Walter Plunkett Costume Design
- Ern Westmore Makeup Artist
- Mel Berns Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Harry Redmond Sr. Special Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- Slavko Vorkapich Special Effects
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