Over The Hill (1931) Mae Marsh, Sally Eilers, James Dunn

Drama | Romance | Pre-Code | USA | B&W | 91min | Director: Henry King Cast: Mae March, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, James Kirkwood, Joan Peers, William Pawley, Olin Howard Mae Marsh plays Ma Shelby, who, despite having very little in life thanks to her lazy husband's refusal to work, sacrifices everything for her four children. Taking menial jobs so her children won't go without. Three of her kids turn out good, one however, does not. The story follows the Shelby family from the children's school years into adulthood, engagements, marriage and children of their own. And how the one bad apple affects everyone. Even the chronically unemployed father. But through it all, Ma Shelby never stops loving them all.