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.
Orin Nordholm Jr.
Paul Muni
Anna Nordholm
Aline MacMahon
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Mary Astor
Richard Nordholm
Donald Cook
Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
Jean Muir
James Claffin
Guy Kibbee
Otto Peterson as a Child
Mickey Rooney
Natalie Clifton Nordholm
Patricia Ellis
Paul Nordholm
Theodore Newton
Jennifer Nordholm
Margaret Lindsay
John Nordholm
Gordon Westcott
Orin Nordholm Sr.
Henry O'Neill
Orin Nordholm III
William Janney
Buffalo Bill Cody
Douglass Dumbrille
Sir Philip Ivor
Alan Mowbray
Mr. Hodgens
Sidney Toler
Mrs. Peterson
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mr. Patten
Arthur Hohl
Ogden Jarrett
Alan Dinehart
Mr. Morley, a Banker
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Freddie McCord, a Clerk
Wallis Clark
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
Clay Clement
Mr. Krauss, a Banker
William Burress
Mrs. Clinton
Marjorie Gateson
Orin III's Roommate (uncredited)
James Bush
Piano Player (uncredited)
George Chandler
Nordholm's Clerk (uncredited)
Philip Faversham
A Banker (uncredited)
John Elliott
Lady at Party (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Man Who Yells 'Texas Longhorns' (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Doctor (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
A Banker (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Organist at Wedding (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Young Selma (uncredited)
Marilyn Knowlden
Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Trooper (uncredited)
Lew Meehan
Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Otto Peterson (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Farm Worker for Anna (uncredited)
Richard Powell
Young Richard (uncredited)
Richard Quine
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Young John (uncredited)
Jackie Searl
Tourist (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited)
Sidney Toler
Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Panicked Investor (uncredited)
Leo White
Richard's Butler (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Richard Nordholm's Secretary (uncredited)
Pat Wing
Sam (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Tammany Young