Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son

Would you give your strength year after year---fight hardship and failure---and finally give your life---that your son might live and love!

1927 · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Herbert Brenon · Written by Herbert Brenon

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H.B. Warner Stephen Sorrell
Anna Q. Nilsson Dora Sorrell
Mickey McBan Kit, as a child
Mickey McBan Flo Palfrey
Lionel Belmore John Palfrey
Carmel Myers Flo Palfrey
Norman Trevor Thomas Roland
Betsy Ann Hisle Molly, as a child
Louis Wolheim Buck
Paul McAllister Dr. Orange
Alice Joyce Fanny Garland
Nils Asther Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

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