Four Sons (1928)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Margaret Mann	...	Mother Bernle
	James Hall	...	Joseph 'Dutch' Bernle
	Charles Morton	...	Johann Bernle
	Ralph Bushman	...	Franz Bernle (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.)
	George Meeker	...	Andreas Bernle
	June Collyer	...	Annabelle
	Earle Foxe	...	Maj. von Stomm
	Albert Gran	...	The postman
	Frank Reicher	...	The schoolmaster
	Archduke Leopold of Austria	...	A captain
	Ferdinand Schumann-Heink	...	A staff sergeant
	Jack Pennick	...	The Iceman (Joseph's American friend)

Storyline

In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Joseph is riding a hay wagon with a pretty girl when some of the hay falls off, landing on the fearsome Maj. Von Stomm. Joseph gets a slap from the major... The jovial postman has brought a letter from America. Joseph has the offer of a job in the States. But getting there is so expensive... It's Mother Bernle's birthday and most of the town gathers for the dancing. Mother gives Joseph the money she has secreted away. He leaves for the USA... It is "Der Tag", The Day when war is declared. Franz and Johann are excited about their new uniforms. But America is still neutral. Joseph runs the German-American Delicatessen with his new wife Annabelle. The reports of the first German battles with the Russians are good. So why does the postman carry a black-edged letter for Mother Bernle... Written by David Steele  

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