Sun-Up

Sun-Up

HERE is the greatest love story in pictures, staged in the wild Carolina hills! As stirring a tale of mountain feuds, primitive passions and glorious romance as ever touched your heart.

NR 1925 · 60 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

When she hears her boy has been killed in WWI a vengeful Kentucky hills mother shelters a deserter as a protest.When the boy returns she asks him to kill the deserter who she learns is the son of a murderous revenue agent.

Directed by Edmund Goulding · Written by Arthur F. Statter

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