Over the Hill

Plot Summary

In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

Top Cast

Mae Marsh Ma Shelby

James Dunn Johnny Shelby as an Adult

Sally Eilers Isabel Potter as an Adult

James Kirkwood Pa Shelby in Prologue

Edward Crandall Thomas as an Adult