Sorrell and Son Trailer

Sorrell and Son Trailer (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!" 02 December 1927 Drama 100 mins

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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Cast

H.B. Warner

as Stephen Sorrell

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Dora Sorrell

Mickey McBan

as Kit, as a child

Mickey McBan

as Flo Palfrey

Lionel Belmore

as John Palfrey

Carmel Myers

as Flo Palfrey

Norman Trevor

as Thomas Roland

Betsy Ann Hisle

as Molly, as a child

Paul McAllister

as Dr. Orange

Alice Joyce

as Fanny Garland

Nils Asther

as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

Mary Nolan

as Molly Roland

Crew

James Wong Howe

James Wong Howe Director of Photography

Ray Lissner

Ray Lissner Assistant Director

Fred Carlton Ryle

Fred Carlton Ryle Makeup Artist

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 08 November 1928

United States 02 December 1927

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