Life Begins at Forty

The sage rides to the rescue of youth and romance...a rollicking comedy of home folks.

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.

Will Rogers

(Keneshaw H. Clark)

Richard Cromwell

George Barbier

(Col. Joseph Abercrombie)

Rochelle Hudson

(Adele Anderson)

Jane Darwell

Slim Summerville

(T. Watterson Meriwether)

Sterling Holloway

Thomas Beck

(Joe Abercrombie)

Roger Imhof

(Pappy Smithers)

Charles Sellon

Ruth Gillette

John Bradford

(Wally Stevens)

T. Roy Barnes

(Simonds, the Salesman)

Barbara Barondess

(Abercrombie Maid)

Billy Baxter

(Townsman (uncredited))

Hank Bell

Billy Bletcher

Edward W. Borman

William Burress

(Abercrombie's Friend)

Robert Dalton

(Stevens' Henchman)

Frank Darien

(Abercrombie's Friend)

John Webb Dillion

James Donlan

Claire Du Brey

(Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether)

Harry Dunkinson

(Abercrombie's Friend)

Billy Engle

Larry Fisher

Creighton Hale

Ben Hall

(Square Dance Participant)

Neal Hart

Rhody Hathaway

Jack Henderson

Herbert Heywood

(Rural Character)

Rodney Hildebrandt

Jac Hoffman

John Ince

Tiny Jones

(Townswoman at Fair)

James B. 'Pop' Kenton

Robert P. Kerr

W.J. Kolberg

(Rural Character)

Ann Kunde

Lillian Lawrence

(Effie - Hog Caller)

Edward LeSaint

(Well-Wisher Townsman)

James A. Marcus

(Townsman in Print Shop)

James Pier Mason

(Townsman in Print Shop)

Robert McKenzie

Paul McVey

Edward McWade

Carl Miller

Jed Prouty

(Charles Beagle)

Gloria Roy

Allan Sears

Ernest Shields

Crete Sipple

Guy Usher

John Wallace

Jack Walters

(Townsman (uncredited))

Kathrin Clare Ward

Billy Watson

(Meriwhether Son)

Bobs Watson

(Meriwhether Son)

Delmar Watson

(Meriwhether Son)

Garry Watson

(Meriwhether Son)

Gloria Watson

(Meriwhether Daughter)

Harry Watson

(Meriwhether Son)

Louise Watson

(Meriwhether Daughter)