Keeper of the Bees (1935)

Description

Keeper of the Bees is a 1935 American film directed by Christy Cabanne. The film depicts WWI veteran Jamie McFarland (played by Neil Hamilton) and his search for meaning in his last six months to live, and Molly Campbell (played by Betty Furness), a young woman looking to save her sister’s child from being left alone. It also features Emma Dunn as Margaret Campbell, Molly’s charming mother, and Edith Fellows as Jean-Marie “Little Scout” (not to be confused with Scout Finch), an adventurous young girl trying to fit in with her male friends.

Cast

• Neil Hamilton as James “Jamie” Lewis McFarland
• Betty Furness as Molly Campbell
• Emma Dunn as Margaret Campbell
• Edith Fellows as Jean Marie Meredith / Little Scout
• Hobart Bosworth as Michael the Bee Master
• Helen Jerome Eddy as Priscilla / Shorty
• Marion Shilling as Louise
• James P. Burtis as Red
• Barbara Bedford as Nurse
• Lafe McKee as Dr. Grayson
• George Cleveland as Judge
• William Worthington as Colonel