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Parents on Trial

1939
Directed bySam Nelson
0h 58m

According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).

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Jean ParkerSusan WesleyJohnny DownsDon MartinNoah Beery Jr.
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Jerry Kearns
Henry KolkerJames Wesley
Virginia BrissacMrs. Martin
Nana BryantMargaret Ames
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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