Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart writes himself letters his father should be writing. When his hoax is discovered, Philip attempts suicide.
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Cast

Frances Farmer
Sally Colman

Lester Matthews
Mark Stewart

Porter Hall
Mrs. Saunders

Henry Travers
Wilkins

Billy Lee
Billy Miller

George Ernest
Phillip Stewart

Sherwood Bailey
Clarence Talbot Jr.

Douglas Scott
Morton Downing

Colin Tapley
Miller

Buster Phelps
Clinton Meadows

Howard Hickman
Colonel Colman

Sylvia Breamer
Malloy
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