Decorated war hero Stephen Sorrell has raised his son Kit alone after his wife deserted them in the boy's infancy. He loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he...
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Cast
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Stephen Sorrell
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| Anna Q. Nilsson | ... |
Dora Sorrell
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| Mickey McBan | ... |
Kit, as a child
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| Carmel Myers | ... |
Flo Palfrey
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| Lionel Belmore | ... |
John Palfrey
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| Norman Trevor | ... |
Thomas Roland
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| Betsy Ann Hisle | ... |
Molly, as a child
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| Louis Wolheim | ... |
Buck
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Paul McAllister | ... |
Dr. Orange
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| Alice Joyce | ... |
Fanny Garland
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| Nils Asther | ... |
Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
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| Mary Nolan | ... |
Molly Roland
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Directed by
| Herbert Brenon | ||
Written by
| Warwick Deeping | ... | (novel) |
| Herbert Brenon | ... | () |
| Elizabeth Meehan | ... | (adaptation) |
Cinematography by
| James Wong Howe | ||
Editing by
| Marie Halvey | ||
Art Direction by
| William Cameron Menzies | ||
Makeup Department
| Fred Carlton Ryle | ... | makeup artist (as Fred C. Ryle) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ray Lissner | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Julian Boone Fleming | ... | set designer |
Additional Crew
| Joseph M. Schenck | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
- Feature Productions (A Joseph M. Schenck Production)
Distributors
- United Artists (1927) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1927) (Canada) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- Allied Artists Corporation (1928) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Allied Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- United Artists (Australasia) (1927) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists Film-Verleih (1928) (Germany) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1928) (Sweden) (theatrical) (as United Artists A/B)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1928) (Norway) (theatrical)
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Decorated war hero Stephen Sorrell has raised his son Kit alone after his wife deserted them in the boy's infancy. He loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter, but he thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe that his mother is dead, but when she shows up wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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| Taglines | No Greater Love Than This! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was presumed lost until an incomplete print was discovered, which exists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences film archive. The final reel is still believed lost. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Remade as Sorrell and Son (1933). See more » |