When I Grow Up

6.5
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 1951. April 19.

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Discover

Bobby Driscoll

Josh / Danny Reed

Robert Preston

Father Reed

Martha Scott

Mother Reed

Sherry Jackson

Ruthie Reed

John Wilder

Duckface Kelly

Frances Chaney

Mrs. Kelly

Paul Levitt

Carp's Assistant

Griff Barnett

Dr. Bailey

Margaret Lloyd

Volunteer Nurse

Charley Grapewin

Grandpa Reed

Harry Morgan

Father Reed (Modern)

Elisabeth Fraser

Mother Reed

Ruth Lee

Bully's Mother

Donald Gordon

Harmonica Boy

Robert Gordon

Boy with Water Trough

Art

Nicolai Remisoff

Art Direction

Edward R. Robinson

Set Decoration

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Sally Berkeley

Hair Setup

Norma Koch

Costume Design

Ted Larsen

Makeup Artist

Crew

Samuel Rheiner

Production Intern

Directing

Michael Kanin

Director

Jack R. Berne

Assistant Director

Ross Hunter

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Jack Broder

Associate Producer

Sam Spiegel

Producer

Sound

Ben Winkler

Sound Mixer

George Fields

Musician

Writing

Art

Nicolai Remisoff

Art Direction

Edward R. Robinson

Set Decoration

Camera

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Sally Berkeley

Hair Setup

Norma Koch

Costume Design

Ted Larsen

Makeup Artist

Crew

Samuel Rheiner

Production Intern

Directing

Michael Kanin

Director

Jack R. Berne

Assistant Director

Ross Hunter

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Jack Broder

Associate Producer

Sam Spiegel

Producer

Sound

Ben Winkler

Sound Mixer

George Fields

Musician

Writing