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The World Changes

4.3 91 mins Drama   1933
First National Pictures  
Director(s): Mervyn LeRoy

Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.

Casts of The World Changes

Paul Muni

as Orin Nordholm Jr.

Aline MacMahon

as Anna Nordholm

Mary Astor

as Virginia Claffin Nordholm

Donald Cook

as Richard Nordholm

Jean Muir

as Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma

Guy Kibbee

as James Claffin

Mickey Rooney

as Otto Peterson as a Child

Patricia Ellis

as Natalie Clifton Nordholm

Theodore Newton

as Paul Nordholm

Margaret Lindsay

as Jennifer Nordholm

Gordon Westcott

as John Nordholm

Henry O'Neill

as Orin Nordholm Sr.

William Janney

as Orin Nordholm III

Douglass Dumbrille

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Alan Mowbray

as Sir Philip Ivor

Sidney Toler

as Mr. Hodgens

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Mrs. Peterson

Arthur Hohl

as Mr. Patten

Alan Dinehart

as Ogden Jarrett

Oscar Apfel

as Mr. Morley, a Banker

Wallis Clark

as Mr. Freddie McCord, a Clerk

Clay Clement

as Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer

William Burress

as Mr. Krauss, a Banker

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Clinton

James Bush

as Orin III's Roommate (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Piano Player (uncredited)

Philip Faversham

as Nordholm's Clerk (uncredited)

John Elliott

as A Banker (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

as Lady at Party (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

Harrison Greene

as Man Who Yells 'Texas Longhorns' (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

as Doctor (uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

as A Banker (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Organist at Wedding (uncredited)

Marilyn Knowlden

as Young Selma (uncredited)

Wallace MacDonald

as Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

as Townsman (uncredited)

Lew Meehan

as Trooper (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)

Dave O'Brien

as Otto Peterson (uncredited)

Richard Powell

as Farm Worker for Anna (uncredited)

Richard Quine

as Young Richard (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)

Jackie Searl

as Young John (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Tourist (uncredited)

Sidney Toler

as Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited)

Walter Walker

as Doctor (uncredited)

Leo White

as Panicked Investor (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Richard's Butler (uncredited)

Pat Wing

as Richard Nordholm's Secretary (uncredited)

Harry Woods

as Sam (uncredited)

Tammany Young

as Tour Guide (uncredited)

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