In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
as Ma Shelby
as Johnny Shelby as an Adult
as Isabel Potter as an Adult
as Pa Shelby in Prologue
as Thomas as an Adult
as Phyllis Shelby, Johnny's Wife
as Isaac as an Adult
as Susan as an Adult
as Isaac Shelby in Prologue
as Johnny Shelby in Prologue
as Thomas Shelby in Prologue
as Susan Shelby in Prologue
as Isabel Potter in Prologue
as Minnie, Isaac's Wife
as Ben Adams, Susan's Husband
as Les, Wagon Driver
as Stephen
as Bill Collector
as Shelby Boy (uncredited)
as Detective Escort (uncredited)
