A Son of His Father

A Son of His Father is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Victor Fleming. The screenplay, by Anthony Coldeway, was based on Harold Bell Wright's novel. The film stars Bessie Love, Warner Baxter, Raymond Hatton, and Walter McGrail. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

For the 1917 drama film, see The Son of His Father.

A Son of His Father
Lobby card
Directed byVictor Fleming
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written byAnthony Coldeway (screenplay)
Based onA Son of His Father (novel)
by Harold Bell Wright[1][2]
StarringBessie Love
Warner Baxter
Raymond Hatton
Walter McGrail
CinematographyCharles Schoenbaum (billed as C. Edgar Schoenbaum)
Production
company
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 28, 1925 (1925-09-28) (U.S.)
Running time
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film is considered lost.[lower-alpha 1][6][7]

Plot
Love in costume as Nora

Irish immigrant Nora (Love) arrives at Big Boy Morgan's (Baxter) ranch on the Mexico–United States border to visit her brother. Holdbrook (McGrail), an arms smuggler, tries to reclaim a debt owed by Morgan's father by taking the ranch, although Morgan wants to pay him money instead. Holdbrook and Morgan both fall for Nora, who likes Morgan. Holdbrook is implicated in smuggling, and Nora and Morgan are married.[1][8]

Cast

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews.[3][9]

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References
Notes
  1. Although the Library of Congress, among other sources, lists the film as being preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive,[4] the film in their collection is the similarly-titled 1917 film The Son of His Father.[5]
Citations
  1. Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  2. Wright, Harold Bell (1925). A Son of His Father. New York, NY: Appleton & Co. OCLC 1026481315.
  3. Geer, W.C. (October 23, 1926). "Straight from the Shoulder Reports". Moving Picture World. p. 505.
  4. "American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Son of His Father". The Library of Congress.
  5. "Son of his father (Motion picture : 1917)". UCLA Library Catalog.
  6. Bennett, Carl (February 9, 2015). "Progressive Silent Film List: A Son of His Father". Silent Era.
  7. Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930. New York: R.R. Bowker Company. p. 743. OCLC 664500075.
  8. "A Son of His Father". The Film Daily. October 11, 1925. p. 10.
  9. F.P.L. (August 27, 1925). "A Son of His Father". The Film Daily. p. 9.


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