When I Grow Up 1951

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.

Cast:

Bobby Driscoll
Josh / Danny Reed 

Robert Preston
Father Reed 

Martha Scott
Mother Reed 

Sherry Jackson
Ruthie Reed 

John Wilder
Duckface Kelly 

Frances Chaney
Mrs. Kelly