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The World Changes
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Mervyn LeRoy Director
- 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 Cast
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