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Timothy's Quest (1936)

Timothy's Quest poster
Directed by
Charles Barton
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy and his sister run away from a harsh orphanage and find shelter with a kind woman in a small town. They bring joy and mischief to the people they meet as they search for a place to belong.

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What happens

Timothy's Quest is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Virginia Van Upp, Dore Schary and Gilbert Pratt, based on a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The film stars Eleanore Whitney, Tom Keene, Dickie Moore, Virginia Weidler, Elizabeth Patterson, Sally Martin and Benny Bartlett. The film was released on January 31, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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