Fighting Father Dunne.

Duration: 93 min.

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Ted Tetzlaff

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Pat O'Brien

Copyright: 11May48 L1688, renewed 10Jul75 R609091 Renewal claimant: RKO General, Inc Original author: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc

Description: A factual drama based on Father Dunne's experiences in founding a home for destitute newsboys in St. Louis in the early years of the century.

In 1905 St. Louis, newspapers employ young boys, many of them orphans to deliver their papers. Father Dunne becomes aware that the adolescents under his care are being violently bullied by some of the older teenagers who also compete in selling papers. Dunne uses his winning personality and gifts of persuasion, to cajole, harangue, and otherwise convince local business people to support his project. He then turns his efforts into raising money to build a larger, more permanent home for the boys.

Complete Record: FIGHTING FATHER DUNNE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 93 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Summary: A factual drama based on Father Dunne's experiences in founding a home for destitute newsboys in St. Louis in the early years of the century. Credits: Producer, Phil L. Ryan; director, Ted Tetzlaff; story, William Rankin; screenplay, Martin Rackin, Frank Davis; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Frederic Knudtson. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O'Connor, Arthur Shields. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 11May48; LP1688.

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