Her Boy
Cast & Crew
George Irving
Effie Shannon
Niles Welch
Pauline Curley
James T. Galloway
Pat O'malley
Film Details
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Synopsis
When the United States enters World War I, Helen Morrison, a widow, worries that she will lose her only son David, who has just reached the age of twenty-one. Although David patriotically urges the employees at his factory to enlist, he reluctantly gives in to his mother's pleas to remain at home with her. When David is drafted, his mother, panic-stricken, alters the date on his birth certificate, even though the later birthdate implies that he is illegitimate. Disgusted, David enlists under an assumed name, thus shaming Helen, who confesses her dishonesty to the townspeople. Her son, now in uniform, then forgives her.
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Director
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George Irving
Cast
Effie Shannon
Niles Welch
Pauline Curley
James T. Galloway
Pat O'malley
William A. Bechtel
Charles Sutton
Charles Riegel
Violet Axzell
Robert Chandler
Ferike Boros
Anthony Byrd
S. Mcalpin
J. C. Bates
Edmund Wright
George F. Demarest
Crew
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Notes
Some of the scenes were shot at Camp Joseph W. Johnson in Jacksonville, FL with several soldiers taking minor parts.
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