Though they all live in and share the same home, the Carter children could not be more different. Murray Carter (Preston Foster), the shopkeeper, is the conscientious provider who keeps his mother, Anna (May Robson), and the family afloat after their father's passing. Dick Carter (William Bakewell) believes himself the greatest thespian since Barrymore, treating his family to a series of histrionic soliloquies. Lewis Carter (James Bush)