The Great Meadow

Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)

Eleanor Boardman

as Diony Hall

Lucille La Verne

as Elvira Jarvis

Anita Louise

as Betty Hall

Gavin Gordon

as Evan Muir

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

as Rubin Hall

Russell Simpson

as Thomas Hall

Sarah Padden

as Mistress Molly Hall

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Sally Tolliver

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