Parents on Trial

Parents on Trial

58 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1939

According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).

Parents on Trial

58 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1939

Parents on Trial
According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Parents on Trial
Directors Sam Nelson
Writers Lambert Hillyer, Gladys Atwater, J. Robert Bren

Cast

Jean Parker

as Susan Wesley

Johnny Downs

as Don Martin

Noah Beery Jr.

as Jerry Kearns

Henry Kolker

as James Wesley

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Martin

Nana Bryant

as Margaret Ames