Sins of the Fathers (film)
| Sins of the Fathers | |
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 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | Ludwig Berger |
| Produced by | Famous Players-Lasky |
| Screenplay by |
E. Lloyd Sheldon Julian Johnson |
| Story by | Norman Burnstine |
| Starring |
Emil Jannings Ruth Chatterton Zasu Pitts |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Cinematography |
Victor Milner Slavko Vorkapic (montage sequence) |
| Edited by | Frances Marsh |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 10 reels; 2320 meters; 7,611 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound film (English intertitles) |
Sins of the Fathers is a 1928 American part-talkie sound film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It was also issued in a silent version for theatres which were not yet wired for sound. The film was directed by Ludwig Berger and stars Emil Jannings and Ruth Chatterton in her motion picture debut.[1]
Silentera.com states a print of this film survives.[1] Some Promo or Coming Attraction material is held by the Library of Congress and excerpts are preserved at UCLA Film and Television.[2][3]
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Wilhelm Spengler
- Ruth Chatterton as Greta Blake
- Barry Norton as Tom Spengler
- Jean Arthur as Mary Spengler
- Jack Luden as Otto Schmidt
- ZaSu Pitts as Mother Spengler
- Matthew Betz as Gus Newman
- Harry Cording as The Hijacker
- Arthur Housman as The Count
- Frank Reicher as The Eye Specialist
- Douglas Haig as Tom, as a child
- Dawn O'Day (later known as Anne Shirley) as Mary, as a child
References
- 1 2 Sins of the Fathers at the silentera.com database
- ↑ Internet Movie Database; Trivia Retrieved September 29, 2016
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p. 166(which redirects to p.33) c.1978 published by the American Film Institute
External links
- Sins of the Fathers at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Sins of the Fathers at the Internet Movie Database
- Sins of the Fathers at AllMovie
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