The Great Man Votes (1939)
Drama · Comedy
Overview
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
Cast
- John Barrymore as Vance
- Virginia Weidler as Joan
- Katharine Alexander as Miss Billow
- Peter Holden as Donald
- Donald MacBride as Iron Hat McCarthy
- William Demarest as Charles Dole
- Elisabeth Risdon as Phoebe Ainslee
- Brandon Tynan as Chester Ainslee
- Granville Bates as The Mayor
- Luis Alberni as Manos