Bye, Bye, Buddy

Bye, Bye, Buddy is a 1929 American drama film directed by Frank S. Mattison and starring Agnes Ayres and Ben F. Wilson.

Synopsis

In New York City's east side in 1907, Glad O'Brien is the mother of a young child, Buddy, and wife to a gangster, Dandy. When her husband is accused of a crime, the beat officer, who was once her suitor, allows the couple a fifteen-minute window to escape. Years pass, during which time she enlists her child in military school, and the characters meet each other again during World War I.

Cast

Agnes Ayres as Glad O'Brien
Robert 'Buddy' Shaw as Buddy O'Brien
Fred Shanley as Dandy O'Brien
Ben F. Wilson as Maj. Horton
John Orlando as Johnny Cohen
David Henderson as Marty Monihan
Hall Cline as Attorney

Production

Bye, Bye, Buddy is adapted from original material written by Ben Hirschfield, an unspecified group of early talking pictures, and the Ackerman and Harris vaudeville program featured at Hippodrome theater. Parts of the film were shot on location in France and Belgium.

Reception

The News of Cumberland County called it "remarkably well done, with a very clever story, splendid direction and backgrounds, the war scenes being especially effective." The publication stated that the film's plot "is built upon mother love that outshines the hatred of war, a picture that will linger long in your memory." The Pottsville Republican called it "a story of scenes and words that will grip the heart of the hardest individual."