One Man's Journey

Overview

Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.

Directed by John S. Robertson

Top cast

Lionel Barrymore

Eli Watt

May Robson

Sarah

Dorothy Jordan

Letty McGinnis

Joel McCrea

Jimmy Watt

Frances Dee

Joan Stockton

David Landau

McGinnis

Buster Phelps

Jimmy Watt - Age 6

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June Filmer

May Radford

James Bush

Bill Radford

Oscar Apfel

John Radford

Samuel S. Hinds

Dr. Babcock

Hale Hamilton

Dr. Tillinghast

Colin Kenny

Doctor at Banquet

Dave O'Brien

Dance Extra (uncredited)

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