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Margaret Mann (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Four Sons
(1928) United States of America
B&W : [?] Eight or Nine? reels / [?] 8962 or 9412? feet / 100 minutes
Directed by John Ford
Cast: Margaret Mann [Mother Bernle], James Hall [Joseph Bernle], Charles Morton [Johann Bernle], Francis X. Bushman Jr. [Franz Bernle], George Meeker [Andreas Bernle], June Collyer [Annabelle Bernle], Earle Foxe [Major Von Stomm], Albert Gran [the postman], Frank Reicher [the schoolmaster], Archduke Leopold of Austria [German captain], Ferdinand Schumann-Heink [a staff surgeon], Jack Pennick [the iceman, Joseph’s American friend]; Wendell Phillips Franklin [James Henry], L.J. O’Conner [Aubergiste], Hughie Mack [the innkeeper], August Tollaire [the burgomaster], Ruth Mix [Johann’s girl], Robert Parrish [child], Michael Mark [Von Stomm’s orderly], Captain John Porters [officer], Carl Boheme [officer], Constant Franke [officer], Hans Furberg [officer], Tibor von Janny [officer], Stanley Blystone [officer], Lieutenant George Blagoi [officer]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by Philip Klein, from the adaptation by Philip Klein of the short story “Grandma Bernie Learns Her Letters” by Miss I.A.R. Wylie (Ida Alexa Ross Wylie). Costumes designed by Kathleen Kay. Assistant directors, Edward O’Fearna and R. Lee Hough. Photographed (cinematography) by George Schneiderman and Charles G. Clarke. Film editor, Margaret V. Clancey. Production editors, Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Intertitles written by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Music arranged by S.L. Rothafel. Music theme “Little Mother” by Erno Rapee (music) and Lee Pollack (lyrics). Presented by William Fox. / © 6 February 1928 (at 11 reels) by Fox Film Corporation [LP24963]. Premiered 13 February 1928 at the Gaiety Theatre in New York, New York. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. John Wayne apparently worked on the film as a property assistant. / The film utilizes the same European village set created for Sunrise (1927). / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: World War I.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)
Listing updated: 10 January 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade pp. 36, 37; Everson-American pp. 11, 12, 328; Eyman-Wayne p. 41; Gallagher-Ford pp. 36, 38, 39, 47, 49, 50, 55, 56, 58, 87; Limbacher-Feature p. 86; Maltin-Classic p. 232; McGhee-Wayne pp. 315-316; Sinclair-Ford pp. 39, 40, 42, 238-239 : ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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