The Quitter (1934 film)

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The Quitter
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Written by Robert Ellis
Produced by George R. Batcheller
Starring Charley Grapewin
Emma Dunn
Barbara Weeks
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Production
company
Distributed byChesterfield Pictures
Release date
February 5, 1934
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

The Quitter is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn and Barbara Weeks. [1] It was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures, later absorbed into Republic.

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Plot

When her husband, the founder of a crusading newspaper, doesn't return from serving in France in World War I his wife takes over both the newspaper and the raising of their two sons. As he grows one of her sons wants the newspaper to abandon its traditional stance and try and move more up market. Stories also begin to circulate that her husband did not die in the war, but is still living abroad under a new identity.

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  1. Pitts p.94-95

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