Over the Hill (1931)
November 29, 1931Release Date
Over the Hill (1931)
November 29, 1931Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Mae Marsh
Ma Shelby
James Dunn
Johnny Shelby as an Adult
Sally Eilers
Isabel Potter as an Adult
James Kirkwood
Pa Shelby in Prologue
Edward Crandall
Thomas as an Adult
Claire Maynard
Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
Olin Howland
Isaac as an Adult
Joan Peers
Susan as an Adult
Joe Hachey
Isaac Shelby in Prologue
Tommy Conlon
Johnny Shelby in Prologue
Julius Molnar
Thomas Shelby in Prologue
Marilyn Harris
Susan Shelby in Prologue
Nancy Irish
Isabel Potter in Prologue
Eula Guy
Minnie, Isaac's Wife
William Pawley
Ben Adams, Susan's Husband
George H. Reed
Les, Wagon Driver
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Release DateNovember 29, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
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Over the Hill is a 1931 American Pre-Code black-and-white melodrama film directed by Henry King for Fox Film Corporation. Starring Mae Marsh, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, and Olin Howland, the story concerns a young mother who devotedly cares for her children but when they grow up, most of them turn their backs on her and she has no choice but to go live in the poorhouse. The film is a remake of the 1920 silent film Over the Hill to the Poorhouse, which had been a major box-office hit for Fox. The story was based on a pair of poems by Will Carleton. Over the Hill also inspired the South Korean film adaptation Over the Ridge (1968). The production marked Marsh's first sound film and the second pairing of Dunn and Eilers, who had achieved celebrity in Fox's Bad Girl released earlier in the year.
In 2019, the film was being digitally scanned for preservation by the Library of Congress's Silent Film Project.