The Story of Mr. Hobbs
- Drama
Overview
Crad Hobbs, a Virginia waterman, is depressed over the decline in the shellfish trade and the gradual erosion of his former home, a barrier island off Virginia's Eastern Shore. Worse, his beautiful daughter and only child is engaged to a returning World War II veteran who forsakes the oystering trade to take a job with the local newspaper. The cub reporter's first job is interview a New York banker, and former resident, who has secretly come to the Eastern Shore to provide a loan for a beleaguered Latin-American president whose country is battling communist insurgents. Hobbs blames the banker for his home island's destruction; he believes if the banker had approved a loan for a system of breakwaters, the erosion, and resulting loss of fishing habitat, could have been prevented.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1947
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Eastern Shore Studios
- Cast
- Winifred Cushing,Frances Helm,Frank Richards,Sidney Easton,Bertha Powell,Geraldine Dvorak,Alexander Campbell,Robert Bolger,Jack Hardwood,Al McGranary
- Director
- Arthur Varney
- Writer
- Rex Taylor
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt1282478