A silent film released on December 2, 1927, Sorrel and Son was nominated for the Best Director Oscar in the first year of the awards, which honored achievements in 1927-1928.
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Based on the 1925 best-selling novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, Sorrell and Son was adapted by Elizabeth Meehan and scripted and directed by Herbert Brenon.
The tale revolves around a man who, after his wife leaves him, dedicates his life t0 his ungrateful son.
Sorrel and Son has been remade twice, once as a 1933 film with H.B. Warner, who repeated his role as Stephen Sorrell, and as a British TV serial in 1984.
Oscar Context:
The Directing Oscar went that year to Frank Borzage for Seventh Heaven.
Cast
H.B. Warner as Stephen Sorrell
Anna Q. Nilsson as Dora Sorrell
Mickey McBan as Kit (as a child)
Carmel Myers as Flo Palfrey
Lionel Belmore as John Palfrey
Norman Trevor as Thomas Roland
Betsy Ann Hisle as Molly (as a child)
Louis Wolheim as Buck
Paul McAllister as Dr. Orange
Alice Joyce as Fanny Garland
Nils Asther as Christopher ‘Kit’ Sorrell
Mary Nolan as Molly Roland
Director: Herbert Brenon
Story and Script by Herbert Brenon
Running time: 100 minutes
