Timothy's Quest (1936)
- Starring:
- Dickie Moore, Virginia Weidler, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Barton
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Synopsis of Timothy's Quest
Previously filmed in 1919, the Kate Douglas Wiggin novel Timothy's Quest was remade as a talkie in 1935. Dickie Moore plays Timothy Tarbox, a dewy-eyed orphan united in misery with his little sister Samantha (Virginia Weidler). The kids are taken in by maiden lady Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson), an old battle-ax who allegedly hates all children. It takes some doing, but Timothy and Samantha eventually win over Vilda, whose bark (as suspected) is far worse than her bite. A romantic subplot involving grown-ups Martha (Eleanor Whitney) and David (Tom Keene) never intrudes too long on the sentimental main story. Among the scenarists of Timothy's Quest are former Harold Lloyd director Gil Pratt and future MGM executive Dore Schary. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Timothy's Quest
- Dickie Moore - Timothy
- Eleanore Whitney - Martha
- Elizabeth Patterson - Vilda Cummins
- Esther Dale - Hitty Tarbox
- J.M. Kerrigan - Dr. Cudd
- Sally Martin - Gay
- John Kelly - Herb
- Ralph M. Remley - Joe
- George Guhl - Policeman
- Tempe Piggott - Mrs. Simpson
- Bob Perry - Bartender
- Virginia Weidler - Samantha Tarbox
- Tom Keene - David Masters
- Samuel S. Hinds - Rev. Fellows
- Bennie Bartlett - Jimmy
- Irene Franklin - Flossie Cudd
- Jack Clifford - Ed, the Tramp
- Raymond Hatton - "Jabe" Doolittle
- Irving Bacon - Henry, the Drunken Wagon Driver
- Clarence H. Wilson - Mr. Simpson
- Otto H. Fries - Timid Tenor
- Lew Kelly - Sheriff
- Director(s):
- Charles Barton
- Writer(s):
- Gilbert Pratt, Virginia van Upp, Dore Schary
- Producer(s):
- Harold Hurley
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