Movie · 1939
The Great Man Votes
Released 13 January 1939 More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
FR·01
How old were they?
John Barrymore
as Vance
Roy Gordon
as Byrne
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Markham
Luis Alberni
as Manos
Donald MacBride
as Iron Hat McCarthy
Murray Alper
as Tri-County Distribution Truck Driver
Walter Sande
as Radio Newscaster in Montage
Frank Sully
as Policeman at Parade
Virginia Weidler
as Joan
FR·02
The numbers
45years between the oldest and youngest billed
56John Barrymore — oldest on the call sheet
11Virginia Weidler — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast