Sorrell and Son
Would you give your strength year after year---fight hardship and failure---and finally give your life---that your son might live and love!
1927 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Herbert Brenon |
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| Writer: | Herbert Brenon, Warwick Deeping, Elizabeth Meehan |
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| Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell 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 Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions. Preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2004. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 02, 1927 |
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| Director: | Herbert Brenon |
| Writer: | Herbert Brenon, Warwick Deeping, Elizabeth Meehan |
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| Production Companies | Joseph M. Schenck Productions, Feature Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| H.B. Warner | Stephen Sorrell |
| Anna Q. Nilsson | Dora Sorrell |
| Mickey McBan | Kit, as a child |
| Mickey McBan | Flo Palfrey |
| Lionel Belmore | John Palfrey |
| Carmel Myers | Flo Palfrey |
| Norman Trevor | Thomas Roland |
| Betsy Ann Hisle | Molly, as a child |
| Louis Wolheim | Buck |
| Paul McAllister | Dr. Orange |
| Alice Joyce | Fanny Garland |
| Nils Asther | Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell |
| Mary Nolan | Molly Roland |
| Name | Job |
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| Herbert Brenon | Director, Writer |
| Warwick Deeping | Novel |
| Marie Halvey | Editor |
| Fred Carlton Ryle | Makeup Artist |
| Ray Lissner | Assistant Director |
| Julian Boone Fleming | Set Designer |
| Elizabeth Meehan | Adaptation |
| James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
| William Cameron Menzies | Art Direction |
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