''O'Shaughnessy's Boy'' is a 1935 film starring

Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...

and Jackie Cooper and directed by

Richard Boleslawski Richard Boleslawski (born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki; February 4, 1889 – January 17, 1937) was a Polish theatre and film director, actor and teacher of acting. Biography Richard Boleslawski was born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki on February ...

. The picture was partly set in a circus. The cinematographer was James Wong Howe.

Plot summary

The plot involves a one-armed lion tamer who reunites with his son.

Cast

as Windy O'Shaughnessy * Jackie Cooper as Stubby O'Shaughnessy * George "Spanky" McFarland as Stubby O'Shaughnessy (child) *

Henry Stephenson Henry Stephenson (born Harry Stephenson Garraway; 16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny on the Bou ...

as Major Bigelow *

Sara Haden Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was an American actress of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in 14 entrie ...

as Aunt Martha Shields (billed as Sarah Haden) * Leona Maricle as Cora O'Shaughnessy * Willard Robinson as Dan Hastings *

Clarence Muse Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a film, 1929's ''Hearts in Dixie''. He acted for ...

as Jeff

References

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* * * * 1935 films 1935 drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ryszard Bolesławski Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American drama films Films with screenplays by Wanda Tuchock 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub