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Framed by her boss in a matter of bad bonds, secretary Martha Daniel (Mary Astor) is sentenced to jail. But she hides the truth from her young son, Dinky (Jackie Cooper), who is attending military school, by having her lawyer send him letters from her home address. When Dinky reads in the paper about his mother's imprisonment, he decides not to be a burden and leaves his school to go to an orphanage, where he writes to Martha using his old school stationary. But soon Martha learns the truth.

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Synopsis Framed by her boss in a matter of bad bonds, secretary Martha Daniel (Mary Astor) is sentenced to jail. But she hides the truth from her young son, Dinky (Jackie Cooper), who is attending military school, by having her lawyer send him letters from her home address. When Dinky reads in the paper about his mother's imprisonment, he decides not to be a burden and leaves his school to go to an orphanage, where he writes to Martha using his old school stationary. But soon Martha learns the truth.
Director
Howard Bretherton, D. Ross Lederman
Screenwriter
Harry Sauber
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 5m