“William Fox's Sensation of the Screen”
When English nobleman Marcus Heriot marries the young Canadian Wanda his family, especially his mother, reject her because of her outsider status. Lady Heriot engineers a scandal that ruins their marriage and after has Wanda’s child declared illegitimate. Years pass during which Wanda and her son Robin rebuild their lives through toil. Now grown Robin enters the military, and Marcus reenters their lives wanting to give the young man his name.
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Cast
21 people
Alma Rubens
Wanda Heriot
Also in
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
The Half-Breed
Walter McGrail
Marcus Heriot
Known for
Night Nurse
Bradley King
Frank Borzage
Ernest Palmer
Richard Walling
Robin
Elizabeth Pickett
Walter Pidgeon
Paul
Known for
Forbidden Planet
How Green Was My Valley
Charles Lane
Sir John
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Emily Fitzroy
Lady Heriot
Known for
Way Down East
Langhorn Burton
Cheriton
Also in
At the Villa Rose
Little Dorrit
Edgar Norton
Beadon
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Son of Frankenstein
Frank Borzage Director · Bradley King Writer Ernest Palmer Cinematographer
United States release September 5, 1926 · Produced in United States
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 5, 1926
Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 23, 1926 · London retitled
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