The World Changes
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
Paul Muni
Orin Nordholm Jr.
Aline MacMahon
Anna Nordholm
Mary Astor
Virginia Claffin Nordholm
Donald Cook
Richard Nordholm
Jean Muir
Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
Guy Kibbee
James Claffin
Mickey Rooney
Otto Peterson as a Child
Patricia Ellis
Natalie Clifton Nordholm
Theodore Newton
Paul Nordholm
Margaret Lindsay
Jennifer Nordholm
Gordon Westcott
John Nordholm
Henry O'Neill
Orin Nordholm Sr.
William Janney
Orin Nordholm III
Douglass Dumbrille
Buffalo Bill Cody
Alan Mowbray
Sir Philip Ivor
Sidney Toler
Mr. Hodgens
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Peterson
Arthur Hohl
Mr. Patten
Alan Dinehart
Ogden Jarrett
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Morley, a Banker
Wallis Clark
Mr. Freddie McCord, a Clerk
Clay Clement
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer
William Burress
Mr. Krauss, a Banker
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Clinton
James Bush
Orin III's Roommate (uncredited)
George Chandler
Piano Player (uncredited)
Philip Faversham
Nordholm's Clerk (uncredited)
John Elliott
A Banker (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Lady at Party (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Man Who Yells 'Texas Longhorns' (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Doctor (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
A Banker (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Organist at Wedding (uncredited)
Marilyn Knowlden
Young Selma (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
Sir Phillip's Best Man (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Townsman (uncredited)
Lew Meehan
Trooper (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Otto Peterson (uncredited)
Richard Powell
Farm Worker for Anna (uncredited)
Richard Quine
Young Richard (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Jackie Searl
Young John (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Tourist (uncredited)
Sidney Toler
Mr. Hodgens, a Banker (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Doctor (uncredited)
Leo White
Panicked Investor (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Richard's Butler (uncredited)
Pat Wing
Richard Nordholm's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Sam (uncredited)
Tammany Young
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Edward Chodorov
Screenplay
Sheridan Gibney
Story
Robert Lord
Producer
Edward Chodorov
Producer
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
William Holmes
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Jack Okey
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Homer Van Pelt
Still Photographer
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
L. De Angelis
Assistant Camera