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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 ...
Four Sons: Directed by John Ford. With Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman Jr.. A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent.
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- Drama, War
- John Ford
- 1928-02-13
Director Nick Redman has experience covering Ford, having already made the documentary A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The Searchers (1998). For this film, Redman uses an interesting device of having directors Walter Hill and Ron Shelton "play" John Ford and Darryl F. Zanuck, respectively, in dramatic readings of quotes and ...
- John Ford, Edward O'fearna
- Margaret Mann
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Long though lost, Four Sons reemerged in the 1960s, proving anew that the silent films of director John Ford were every bit as accomplished as his talkies. More "Germanic" in tone and texture than later Ford films, Four Sons is the story of the Bernle family of Bavaria.
Nov 17, 2015 · Four Sons (1928) Oh dear, here we go again. A silent era Great War Film. I settle myself in for an hour and a half of set chewing, cartoonish stereotypes and 30 minutes of story. But, just maybe this one has a bit of promise. ‘Four Sons’ is an early John Ford film. The guy who directed some of the great American Westerns of the 20 th ...
John Ford. Director. I.A.R. Wylie. Story. Herman Bing. Writer. A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Synopsis. Big as the Heart of Humanity! A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow’s sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany’s eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L’Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999. Cast. Crew.
