Life Begins At Eight-Thirty.

New York actor Thomas Madden has fallen from grace due to alcoholism and manages to get fired from his job as Santa Claus in a department store on Christmas Eve. His daughter Kathi is physically challenged with a paralyzed foot. She finds herself courted by Robert Carter, who has fallen in love with her. She tells him she has hopes of a family but that she is scared of passing on her handicap to her children.

Credits

Cast
Ida Lupino, Monty Woolley

Copyright

Complete catalog record
LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 7,575 ft., sd. From a play by Emlyn Williams. Credits: Director, Irving Pichel; screenplay, Nunnally Johnson; music, Alfred Newman. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 25Dec42; LP11806.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q6544727 ↗ — color, country
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright