Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son (1927)

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.

Date of release
1927-12-02
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Herbert Brenon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Sorrell and Son
  • Filmed in: England
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Sorrell and Son is a 1927 American silent drama film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at the 1st Academy Awards the following year. The film was based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, Sorrell and Son, which became and remained a bestseller throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

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