Every Mother's Son
Cast & Crew
Raoul Walsh
Charlotte Walker
Percy Standing
Edwin Stanley
Ray Howard
Gareth Hughes
Film Details
Synopsis
When the United States enters World War I, a mother sends her two eldest sons off to the battlefields with a smile, although her heart is breaking. She soon learns that the eldest is missing and the second son is wounded, however, and resolves to keep her youngest at home. The boy, due to the influence of pacifist literature, willingly accompanies his mother on a secret journey to their seaside home, but the father, ashamed that his son is a "slacker," discovers their whereabouts. The three are in the midst of a heated argument when the pitiful survivors of a ship destroyed offshore by a German U-boat come to the house seeking refuge. The mother and son realize the importance of the cause and the son enlists. At Christmas, all three sons come home, the eldest accompanied by his new French bride.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Charlotte Walker
Percy Standing
Edwin Stanley
Ray Howard
Gareth Hughes
Corone Paynter
Bernard Thornton
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
This film was originally entitled Eighteen to Forty-Five. Motion Picture News credits Anthony Paul Kelly with the scenario for Eighteen to Forty-Five. According to a news item, William Fox originally intended to show the film as a special road attraction, but the influenza epidemic interfered with his plan.
