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Young Donovan's Kid is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred Niblo released in USA on 6 june 1931 with Richard Dix

Young Donovan's Kid (1931)

Young Donovan's Kid
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Released in USA 6 june 1931
Length 1h17
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating51% 2.5808752.5808752.5808752.5808752.580875

Young Donovan's Kid is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodrama film directed by Fred Niblo, from a screenplay by J. Walter Ruben, based upon the short story, Big Brother, by Rex Beach. It was a remake of a 1923 silent film of the same, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and directed by Allan Dwan. This version starred Richard Dix, Jackie Cooper (who was on loan to RKO from Hal Roach Studios), and Marion Shilling. The film also featured Boris Karloff in a supporting role.

Synopsis

Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed. He is slowly transformed by the effect that both Midge and Kitty have on him. He also falls in love with Kitty.

Actors

Richard Dix

(Jim Donovan)Marion Shilling

(Kitty Costello)Jackie Cooper

(Midge Murray)Frank Sheridan

(Father Dan)Boris Karloff

(Cokey Joe)
And :
Dick Rush
Fred Kelsey
Richard Alexander
Harry Tenbrook
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