Mother (1927)
A mother's heart as it has never before been revealed on the screen- the supreme achievement of the greatest of all interpreters!
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When architect Lee Ellis is discharged from his position in a large firm and has difficulty in finding a new job his devoted wife Mary invests in a business for him with a small legacy she had received. Soon they become prosperous allowing son Jerry to get his longed-for car, and daughter Betty to attend private school. Jerry goes a little jazz mad and rebels against his mother's influence. He decides to elope with gold-digging flapper Edna Larkin. Mary, learning of the plan, chases and saves Jerry when his train is wrecked though he sustains a broken leg. Seeing he has been foolish he straightens out and the family is reunited.
- Release date
- May 1, 1927
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Belle Bennett as Mrs. Ellis
- Crauford Kent as Ellis
- William Bakewell as Jerry Ellis
- Joyce Coad as Betty Ellis
- Mabel Julienne Scott as Mrs. Wayne
- Sam Allen as Cpl. Cotter
- Charlotte Stevens as Edna Larkin
Crew
- James Leo Meehan · Director
- Kathleen Norris · Writer
- Dorothy Yost · Writer
- Allen G. Siegler · Cinematographer