Four Sons (1928)
February 13, 1928Release Date
Four Sons (1928)
February 13, 1928Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
James Hall
Joseph - Her Son
Margaret Mann
Mother Bernle
Charles Morton
Johann - Her Son
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Franz - Her Son
George Meeker
Andreas - Her Son
June Collyer
Annabelle
Earle Foxe
Major von Stomm
Albert Gran
The Postman
Frank Reicher
The Schoolmaster
Archduke Leopold of Austria
A Captain
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
A Staff Sergeant
Jack Pennick
The Iceman
John Ford
Director
Philip Klein
Writer
I.A.R. Wylie
Writer
Charles G. Clarke
Cinematographer
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Release DateFebruary 13, 1928
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
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Four Sons is a 1928 American synchronized sound 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). While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process.
It is one of only a handful of survivors out of the more than 50 films 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. The film's soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film system but was also released in the sound-on-disc format.
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.