"IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN""
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Social & External
The people behind it
Virginia Weidler
Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds
Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee
Luther Marvin
Ian Hunter
Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen
Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull
Red Wilks
Lois Wilson
Mrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth
John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Policeman (uncredited)
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