According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan .
Parents on Trial is of 0 hour(s) and 58 minute(s). It is Produced By: Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1939-09-21.
Genres: Drama
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(Zeit der Fische)
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