Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son is a 1927 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, Sorrell and Son, which became and remained a bestseller from its first publication in 1925 throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

The story has been remade twice, once in 1934 as Sorrell and Son with H.B. Warner repeating his role as Stephen Sorrell, and as a British television serial in 1984.The 1927 version was considered a lost film for many years. However, in 2005. the Academy Film Archive premiered a partially restored print. ........

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