
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)