The Quitter is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn and Barbara Weeks. It was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures, later absorbed into Republic.
Synopsis
When her husband, the founder of a crusading newspaper, doesn't return from serving in France in World War I his wife takes over both the newspaper and the raising of their two sons. As he grows one of her sons wants the newspaper to abandon its traditional stance and try and move more up market. Stories also begin to circulate that her husband did not die in the war, but is still living abroad under a new identity.
Cast
Charley Grapewin as Ed Tilford
Emma Dunn as Cordelia Tilford
William Bakewell as Russell Tilford
Barbara Weeks as Diana Winthrop
Hale Hamilton as Maj. Stephen Winthrop
Glen Boles as Eddie Tilford
Mary Kornman as Annabelle Hibbs
Lafe McKee as Zack
Aggie Herring as Hannah
Jane Keckley as Sister Hooten
Edward LeSaint as Travers
John Elliott as Advertiser
Frank LaRue as Townsman
Phillips Smalley as Graham the Banker
References
Bibliography
Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.