Overview

Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions. Preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

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Cast

H.B. Warner

Stephen Sorrell

Anna Q. Nilsson

Dora Sorrell

Mickey McBan

Kit, as a child

Mickey McBan

Flo Palfrey

Lionel Belmore

John Palfrey

Carmel Myers

Flo Palfrey

Norman Trevor

Thomas Roland

Betsy Ann Hisle

Molly, as a child

Louis Wolheim

Buck

Paul McAllister

Dr. Orange

Alice Joyce

Fanny Garland

Nils Asther

Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell