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!
1927-12-02 | 100 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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H.B. WarnerStephen Sorrell
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Anna Q. NilssonDora Sorrell
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Mickey McBanKit, as a child
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Mickey McBanFlo Palfrey
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Lionel BelmoreJohn Palfrey
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Carmel MyersFlo Palfrey
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Norman TrevorThomas Roland
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Betsy Ann HisleMolly, as a child
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Louis WolheimBuck
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Paul McAllisterDr. Orange
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Alice JoyceFanny Garland
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Nils AstherChristopher 'Kit' Sorrell
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Mary NolanMolly Roland
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