The Way of All Flesh
Cast & Crew
Victor Fleming
Emil Jannings
Belle Bennett
Phyllis Haver
Donald Keith
Fred Kohler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The world of bank cashier August Schiller centers chiefly on his patient wife and six children, and he prides himself on being an ideal father, a faithful worker, and a loyal husband. For the first time since his honeymoon, August leaves Milwaukee to deliver some bonds in Chicago, and on the train he innocently becomes involved with Mayme, an adventuress. She seduces him and during a drunken revel steals his bonds; her lover, The Tough, and his gang beat him and attempt to take his watch, but August in his fury grapples with The Tough, who is killed by a passing train. August changes clothing with The Tough and is reported as having died a hero's death defending his employer's trust. Years later, a broken derelict, he learns that his oldest son has become a famous violinist, and he hoards to buy a gallery seat at a concert. He follows the boy home on Christmas Day, catching furtive glimpses of his happy family, who fail to recognize him.
Director
Victor Fleming
Cast
Emil Jannings
Belle Bennett
Phyllis Haver
Donald Keith
Fred Kohler
Philippe De Lacey
Mickey Mcban
Betsy Ann Lisle
Carmencita Johnson
Gordon Thorpe
Jackie Coombs
Dean Harrell
Anne Sheridan
Dorothy Kitchen
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Actor
Quotes
Trivia
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic
Emil Jannings won "Best Actor" Oscar for this film which is the only lost Academy Award-winning performance.
Notes
Emil Jannings received the first Best Actor Academy Award, in part for his work on this film and for his performance in The Last Command.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1927
No negative or print of this film is known to exist.
Released in United States 1927
