Sorrell and Son was a silent film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, adapted by Elizabeth Meehan. It was written and directed by Herbert Brenon. Filming took place in England. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... 1st Academy Awards Thursday, May 16, 1928 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California Host Show: Douglas Fairbanks, William C. DeMille The 1st Academy Awards presented on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. ... George Warwick Deeping (May 28, 1877 - April 20, 1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer. ... Herbert Brenon (January 13, 1880 - June 21, 1958) was a film director during the era of silent movies through the early 1940s. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...

The film has been remade twice, once in 1934 with H.B. Warner repeating his role as Stephen Sorrell, and as a British miniseries in 1987. H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ...

The 1927 version was presumed lost for many years, but in 2005 the Academy Film Archive premiered a partially restored print.

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

H. B. Warner (26 October 1875, London - 21 December 1958, Woodland Hills, California) was a British actor, born Henry B. Warner. ... Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Q. Nilsson (Anna Quirentia Nilsson) (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish actress who achieved success in American silent movies. ... Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). ... Alice Joyce Alice Joyce (1 October 1890 - 9 October 1959) was an actress born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States best known for her Hollywood cinema roles in the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps most famously The Green Goddess. Joyce was known as The Madonna of the Screen for her striking...

External Links

• Sorrell and Son (1927) at the Internet Movie Database
• Sorrell and Son (1934) at the Internet Movie Database
• Sorrell and Son (1987 miniseries) at the Internet Movie Database