Way Back Home

Kindly Maine backwoods preacher Seth Parker (Phillips Lord) always had sage advice for his neighbors, and he’ll need all his wisdom and wit when the young ward (Frankie Darro) he’d raised from infancy gets snatched by the abusive and alcoholic father (Stanley Field) who’d abandoned him. Homespun screen vehicle for radio pioneer Lord’s popular broadcast persona co-stars Frank Albertson, Dorothy Peterson and, in one of her earliest performances, Bette Davis. 81 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.