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The World Changes

4.819331h 31mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorMervyn LeRoy
WritersSheridan Gibney·Edward Chodorov
ProducersRobert Lord·Edward Chodorov

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Cast · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

PMPaul Muni
Paul Muni
Orin Nordholm Jr.
AMAline MacMahon
Aline MacMahon
Anna Nordholm
MAMary Astor
Mary Astor
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
DCDonald Cook
Donald Cook
Richard Nordholm
JMJean Muir
Jean Muir
Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
GKGuy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee
James Claffin
MRMickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Otto Peterson as a Child
PEPatricia Ellis
Patricia Ellis
Natalie Clifton Nordholm
TNTheodore Newton
Theodore Newton
Paul Nordholm
MLMargaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay
Jennifer Nordholm
GWGordon Westcott
Gordon Westcott
John Nordholm
HOHenry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill
Orin Nordholm Sr.

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