Sorrell and Son (1927) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1927 · 100 mins · English

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Directed by

Herbert Brenon

Starring

H.B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Lionel Belmore, Louis Wolheim, Alice Joyce, Paul McAllister

Stephen Sorrell, a war hero, raises his son Kit alone after the mother abandons them. When a promising job falls through, he works as a hotel porter, enduring harsh labor that damages his health. He sacrifices for Kit, after letting him think his mother is dead, until she returns and forces a hard choice. Preserved by Academy Film Archive, 2004.