When Parents Grow Old

Series: Searching for Values Series

Duration: 0:14:00

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts a young man on the verge of marriage who must suddenly decide where his responsibilities lie when his ailing father is widowed. Portrays Gene, who has failed to convince his father to hire a full-time housekeeper, repulsed at the idea of sending his father to a home for the aged. Concludes open-endedly. Edited from I Never Sang for My Father, starring Gene Hackman and Melvyn Douglas. , Story of a young man who must decide between caring for his ailing, widowed father and marriage. Explains how he is disturbed about growing old and how he objects to the way in which society treats elderly, unproductive people. Stars Gene Hackman and Malvyn Douglas.

Complete Record: , Depicts a young man on the verge of marriage who must suddenly decide where his responsibilities lie when his ailing father is widowed. Portrays Gene, who has failed to convince his father to hire a full-time housekeeper, repulsed at the idea of sending his father to a home for the aged. Concludes open-endedly. Edited from I Never Sang for My Father, starring Gene Hackman and Melvyn Douglas., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.