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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.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 59GoodWatch 60
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1927
December 2, 1927
99 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards1929
- Best Director (Dramatic Picture)1929Nominated
- Directing1929Nominated
and 9 more12 people
- H.B. WarnerStephen Sorrell
- Anna Q. NilssonDora Sorrell
- Mickey McBanKit, as a child
- Lionel BelmoreJohn Palfrey
- Carmel MyersFlo Palfrey
- Norman TrevorThomas Roland
- Betsy Ann HisleMolly, as a child
- Louis WolheimBuck
Paul McAllisterDr. Orange
Alice JoyceFanny Garland
Nils AstherChristopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Mary NolanMolly Roland
Directing · 2
- Herbert Brenon Director, Writer
- Ray Lissner Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Warwick Deeping Novel
- Elizabeth Meehan Adaptation
Camera · 1
- James Wong Howe Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Marie Halvey Editor
Art · 2
- William Cameron Menzies Art Direction
- Julian Boone Fleming Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Fred Carlton Ryle Makeup Artist
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