Sorrell and Son
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“Would you give your strength year after year---fight hardship and failure---and finally give your life---that your son might live and love!”
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.
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Stephen Sorrell
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Anna Q. Nilsson
Dora Sorrell
Also in
The Regeneration
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mickey McBan
Kit, as a child / Flo Palfrey
Also in
Moonland
Hot Water
Lionel Belmore
John Palfrey
Known for
Frankenstein
The Vampire Bat
Carmel Myers
Flo Palfrey
Known for
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Svengali
Norman Trevor
Thomas Roland
Also in
Children of Divorce
The Love Trap
Betsy Ann Hisle
Molly, as a child
Also in
Fire Fighters
The Way of All Flesh
Louis Wolheim
Buck
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Paul McAllister
Dr. Orange
Also in
The Winning of Barbara Worth
Noah's Ark
Alice Joyce
Fanny Garland
Also in
The Squall
Stella Dallas
Nils Asther
Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Bluebeard
Mary Nolan
Molly Roland
Also in
West of Zanzibar
Desert Nights
Herbert Brenon Director · Warwick Deeping Author James Wong Howe Cinematographer
United States release December 2, 1927 · Produced in United States · Production Feature Productions, United Artists Pictures
Production
Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Production
Feature Productions
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United Artists Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 13, 1927
Premiere · New York City
United States · December 2, 1927
Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 8, 1928 · Theatrical
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