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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.
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.
Original Release
02/13/1928
US Release
02/13/1928
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Mann | Mother Bernle |
James Hall | Joseph - Her Son |
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 |
Directors
Writers
Philip Klein, I.A.R. Wylie, Herman Bing, H.H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Mann | Mother Bernle |
James Hall | Joseph - Her Son |
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 |
Frank Baker | Soldier |
George Blagoi | Officer |
Stanley Blystone | Officer |
Carl Boheme | Officer |
Constant Franke | Officer |
Wendell Phillips Franklin | James Henry |
Hans Fuerberg | Officer |
Joseph W. Girard | Ellis Island Examiner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Ford | Producer |