William Spence

Fredric March

Hope Morris Spence

Martha Scott

Mrs. Lydia Sandow

Beulah Bondi

Preston Thurston

Gene Lockhart

Eileen Spence, age 17 years

Elisabeth Fraser

Clayton Potter

Grant Mitchell

Elias Samson

Harry Davenport

Dr. John Romer

Moroni Olsen

Mrs. Preston Thurston

Laura Hope Crews

Hartzell Spence, age 18 years

Frankie Thomas

Dr. Horrigan

Jerome Cowan

Mr. John E. Morris

Ernest Cossart

Mrs. Morris

Nana Bryant

Eileen Spence (age 11)

Carlotta Jelm

Lulu Digby (uncredited)

Mary Field

Richard Hardy Case (uncredited)

Hobart Bosworth

Hartzell Spence (age 10)

Peter Caldwell

George Reynolds (uncredited)

Roscoe Ates

Fraser Spence (age 10)

Casey Johnson

Sister Watkins (uncredited)

Clara Blandick

Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

Dorothy Adams

Child (uncredited)

Joan Anderson

Haskins (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Miss Peabody

Paula Trueman

Mrs. Jellison (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Child (uncredited)

Jed Breslau

Alf McAfee (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Mac MacFarland (uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Zeke Harris

Olin Howlin

Second Bride (uncredited)

Mary Brodel

Drummer

Frank Mayo

Boy (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Man Crying During Baptism (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

Vera Lewis

Child (uncredited)

Ted Crane

Second Bridegroom (uncredited)

Charles Drake

Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Mrs. Dibble (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

First Bride (uncredited)

Ann Edmonds

Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

Mrs. Dibble

Tempe Piggott

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Woman Gossip (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Townsman (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson

Ella Hodges (uncredited)

Charlotte Treadway

First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)

Gig Young

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Inez Gay

Lydia's Maid (uncredited)

Ruth Robinson

Panhandler (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Cathy Lipps

Fire Chief (uncredited)

William Gould

Church Usher (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffmann

Choir Member (uncredited)

Delos Jewkes

School Boy (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson

Boy (uncredited)

Mickey Kuhn

Young Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)

Harry Lewis

Mother (uncredited)

Audra Lindley

First Mother (uncredited)

Jean Maddox

Sam (uncredited)

Hank Mann

Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Handsome Jack Pressley (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert McKim

Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

Mira McKinney

Choir Member (uncredited)

Freddie Mercer

Second Clerk (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Prechin' Bill Hardy (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Nichols

Fire Watcher (uncredited)

Bob O'Connor

Mother (uncredited)

Jane Randolph

Choir Member (uncredited)

Gus Reed

Board Member (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Man Quieting Boys in Theater (uncredited)

Sam Rice

Sister Sale at the Movie Theatre (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

Candy Butcher (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Parishiner Wanting More Sin in Sermon (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Girl (uncredited)

Joyce Tucker

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

Fireman Angus (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Choir Member (uncredited)

Terry Moore