Four Sons
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Music director Erno Rapee, Carli Elinor Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama, War Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent filmEnglish intertitles Release date February 12, 1928 (1928-02-12) (USA) Based on "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" by I. A. R. Wylie Writer Philip Klein (adapted by), I.A.R. Wylie (story) Screenplay Herman Bing, H.H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker Cast (Mother Bernle), Ralph Bushman (Franz Bernle (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.), (Johann Bernle), (Andreas Bernle), (Joseph 'Dutch' Bernle), (Annabelle)Similar movies Related John Ford movies Tagline BIG AS THE HEART OF HUMANITY! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four sons 1928 james hall margaret mann charles morton john wayne
Four Sons is a 1928 silent drama film directed and produced by John Ford and written for the screen by Philip Klein from a story by I. A. R. Wylie first published in the Saturday Evening Post as "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" (1926). It is one of only a handful of survivors out of the more than fifty silent films that Ford directed between 1917 and 1928. It starred Margaret Mann, James Hall, and Charles Morton. The film is also notable for the presence of the young John Wayne in an uncredited role as an officer. Though "silent," it was released with a Movietone music and sound effects track.
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- Four sons 1928 james hall margaret mann charles morton john wayne
- the ninth of november the dying soldier sequence from john ford s four sons 1928
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A family is torn apart by the advent of World War I. It was remade in 1940 with the same title, starring Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich, and directed by Archie Mayo, although the war was updated to World War II.
the ninth of november the dying soldier sequence from john ford s four sons 1928
Plot
Mother Bernle is a widow in Bavaria with four sons: Franz, Johann, Andreas and Joseph.
Joseph receives a job offer from the United States, and he is given money to travel there by his mother.
The First World War is heating up. Franz, who is already serving in the German army, is joined by first Johann and then Andreas who is forced into the army.
In America, Joseph has married and is running a delicatessen. when America enters the war, Joseph enlists to fight for the American side. When Joseph's enlistment is discovered, it causes problems for Mother Bernle because she is shunned in her village.
Franz and Johann are killed on the eastern front. Andreas is wounded on the western front and dies in the arms of his brother Joseph.
Preservation
The Academy Film Archive preserved Four Sons in 1999.
Cast
References
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