The Crowning Experience

Overview

Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that, with her earnings, she established many schools for the under-privileged.

Directed by Rickard Tegström, Marion Clayton Anderson

Top cast

Muriel Smith

Emma Tremaine

Ann Buckles

Sarah Miller Spriggs

L

Louis Byles

Charlie as a Man

G

George McCurdy

Charlie as a Boy

W

William Pawley Jr.

Mr. Spriggs

Phyllis Konstam

Mrs. Spriggs

A

Anna Marie McCurdy

Julie

Robert Anderson

Blaney

C

Cecil Broadhurst

Editor

Joel McCrea

Prologue Narrator

Details