When I Grow Up (1951)
Bobby takes on the elderly
90 min
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
- Release date
- April 19, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $50,000
- Box office
- $100,000
Cast
- Bobby Driscoll as Josh
- Bobby Driscoll as Danny Reed
- Robert Preston as Father Reed
- Martha Scott as Mother Reed (1890's)
- Sherry Jackson as Ruthie Reed
- John Wilder as Duckface Kelly
- Frances Chaney as Mrs. Kelly
- Poodles Hanneford as Bobo
- Ralph Dumke as Carp
- Paul Guilfoyle as Doc
- Paul Levitt as Carp's Assistant
Crew
- Michael Kanin · Director
- Michael Kanin · Writer
- Sam Spiegel · Producer
- Jerome Moross · Composer
- Ernest Laszlo · Cinematographer
- Edward Mann · Editor
- Bruce Schoengarth · Editor