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The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
Theatrical
Aug 18, 1939
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Writers
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Music
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Howard Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Cast
Full credits →J
Jascha Heifetz
Himself
J
Joel McCrea
Peter McCarthy
A
Andrea Leeds
Ann Lawson
G
Gene Reynolds
Frankie
W
Walter Brennan
Professor Lawson
T
Terry Kilburn
Limey
T
Tommy Kelly
Willie
P
Porter Hall
Mr. Flower
W
Walter Tetley
Rocks Mulligan
C
Chuck Stubbs
Fever
G
Gale Sherwood
Betty
A
Alfred Newman
Musical Director
M
Mary Ruth
Suzie
J
John St. Polis
Davis
A
Alexander Schoenberg
Menken
M
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Miller
A
Arthur Hohl
Miller
P
Paul Harvey
Heifetz' Manager
E
Effie Anderson
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
J
Jessie Arnold
Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
