The Awakening of Jim Burke

Plot

After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects, and he is looking forward to molding Little Jim into his own image. Jim Burke is more than a little bit dismayed and a whole lot disgusted when Little Jim arrives and it doesn't take Big Jim long to figure out that Little Jim...ain't nothing but a sissy. Little Jim is fond of practicing on his violin and reading and studying. What's a poor father to do?

Cast

Jack Holt

Jim Burke

Florence Rice

Tess Hardie

Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Burke

Kathleen Burke

Laura

Robert Middlemass

Bill Duke

Ralph Remley

Blink

Wyrley Birch

Lem Hardie

George McKay

Fly Speck Sam