My Bill

Mary Colbrook is a woman who has lost her husband. Four children are left behind. She tries to manage the family money herself. The investments she makes go badly. Before long they have nothing. She can no longer provide for her children. She sends the three eldest to their wealthy aunt. The youngest, Bill, refuses to go. He stays with his mother. The two of them go through hard days. There is gossip around them as well. Meanwhile Bill becomes friends with a well off neighbour. When the neighbour dies a will comes to light. The film is adapted from a play. Kay Francis and Bonita Granville appear in the sixty four minute film, an American production John Farrow finished in 1938.