Tom Brown of Culver (1932)

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Release Date: 1932

Duration: 82min

Category: Melodrama, Drama

Cast: William Wyler, Alan Ladd, Tyrone Power, George "Slim" Summerville, Sidney Toler, Andy Devine, H.B. Warner, Ben Alexander, Dick Winslow, Tom Brown, Eugene Pallette, Carl Laemmle, Jr., Lew Kelly, Frank S. Hagney, Kit Guard, Richard Cromwell, Betty Blythe, Willard Robertson, Charles Stumar

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William Wyler directed this melodramatic story about a boy who, after growing up in the shadow of his father, learns the old man wasn't all he claimed to be. Tom Brown (played, as coincidence would have it, by an actor named Tom Brown) is a boy who... more

William Wyler directed this melodramatic story about a boy who, after growing up in the shadow of his father, learns the old man wasn't all he claimed to be. Tom Brown (played, as coincidence would have it, by an actor named Tom Brown) is a boy who has been struggling to help his mother keep body and soul together ever since the death of his father during World War I. The elder Brown died in combat when Tom was a baby, but her heroism earned him a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor, and in tribute to his father a local American Legion post presents Tom with a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Culver Military Academy; while Tom has his doubts about his future as a soldier, he certainly understands the value of an education and accepts. However, its not until after he's enrolled at Culver that Tom learns the truth about his father -- "Doc" Brown (H.B. Warner) fled in the midst of battle, exchanging his identification with a dead soldier, and has been living the life of a coward ever since. Will Tom be able to restore the good name of the Brown family? Andy Devine, Sidney Toler, Slim Summerville and a young Tyrone Power highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide less