Those Were the Days (1940)
- Starring:
- William Holden, Bonita Granville, (more)
- Director(s):
- Theodore Reed
Synopsis of Those Were the Days
William Holden and Bonita Granville, heavily if not convincingly decked out in "old age" makeup, recall on their 35th wedding anniversary how they first met in 1904. Holden was a brash college freshman, while Bonita was the daughter of a local judge (Vaughn Glaser). Since Holden couldn't stay out of trouble, the judge prohibited him from visiting his daughter, but the boy opposed the edict and ended up being arrested--with Bonita managing to have herself thrown in jail as well. The anecdotal storyline comes to a comically ironic conclusion when the ageing Holden complains that he can't control his own headstrong son. Based on the "Siwash" stories by George Fitch, Those Were the Days gets by on its nostalgic appeal, but cannot be considered one of William Holden's more significant pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Those Were the Days
- William Holden - P.J. "Petey" Simmons
- Ezra Stone - Alexander "Allie" Bangs
- Vaughan Glaser - Judge Malachi Scroggs
- Richard Denning - Briggs
- Phillip Terry - Sam Byers
- James Seay - Andrews
- John Laird - Saunders
- Robert Scott - Allison
- Wilda Bennett - Miss Chickering
- Rod Cameron - Bartlett
- Jimmie Dodd - Evans
- Joyce Mathews - Telephone Operator
- Cyril Ring - Mr. Sanford
- Paula DeCardo
- Kay Stewart
- Jean Phillips
- John Marston - Mr. Holland
- William Frawley
- Edgar Dearing - Policeman
- Bonita Granville - Martha Scroggs
- Judith Barrett - Mirabel Allstairs
- Lucien Littlefield - Prof. Sillicocks
- Tom Rutherford - Ransom
- Aldrich Bowker - Judge Squire Jennings
- Douglas Kennedy - Allen
- John Hartley - Whipple
- Alan Ladd - Keg Rearick
- Harry C. Bradley - Conductor
- Dora Clement - Mrs. Holland
- Stanley Mack - Court Clerk
- Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton - Connie Mathews
- Audrey Maynard - Girl
- Janet Waldo - Miss Willowboughy
- Ruth Rogers - Secretary
- Wanda McKay - Miss Clair
- Kitty Kelly - Mrs. Sanford
- Frank Coghlan, Jr. - Chick Struthers
- Director(s):
- Theodore Reed
- Writer(s):
- Don Hartman
- Producer(s):
- Theodore Reed
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