Mother (1927)
A mother's heart as it has never before been revealed on the screen- the supreme achievement of the greatest of all interpreters!
When architect Lee Ellis is discharged from his position in a large firm and has difficulty in finding a new job his devoted wife Mary invests in a business for him with a small legacy she had received. Soon they become prosperous allowing son Jerry to get his longed-for car, and daughter Betty to attend private school. Jerry goes a little jazz mad and rebels against his mother's influence. He decides to elope with gold-digging flapper Edna Larkin. Mary, learning of the plan, chases and saves Jerry when his train is wrecked though he sustains a broken leg. Seeing he has been foolish he straightens out and the family is reunited.
- Date of release
- 1927-05-01
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Leo Meehan
Casting
- Belle Bennett — Mrs. Mary Ellis
- Crauford Kent — Ellis
- William Bakewell — Jerry Ellis
- Joyce Coad — Betty Ellis
- Mabel Julienne Scott — Mrs. Wayne
- Sam Allen — Cpl. Cotter
- Charlotte Stevens — Edna Larkin
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