Someone to Remember
Something Greater Than Life Itself
An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and eventually grows attached to a troubled young student whom she comes to believe is her own grandson. When she finds out that the boy's father will be visiting him, she prepares herself to be reunited with the man she has convinced herself is her long-lost son.
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Top Cast
Mabel Paige
Mrs. Freeman
John Craven
Dan Freeman
Dorothy Morris
Lucia Stanton
Harry Shannon
Tom Gibbons
Charles Dingle
Jim Parsonss
Tom Seidel
Bill Hedge
David Bacon
Ike Dale
Peter Lawford
Joe Downes
Richard Crane
Paul Parker
Chester Clute
Mr. Roseby
Elizabeth Dunne
Timid Miss Green
Vera Lewis
Aggressive Miss Green
John Good
Charlie Horne
Russell Hicks
Mr. Stanton
Wilbur Mack
Mr. Thurber
Joe Gilbert
Club Patron (uncredited)
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