Name: Toute sa vie
Released: 1930
Cast: Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-willm, Fernand Fabre, Paul Guidé, Elmire Vautier

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jan 1930

Premiere Information

Paris opening: early Nov 1930; San Francisco opening: 25 Dec 1930; New York opening: 16 Jun 1931

Production Company

Films Paramount

Distribution Company

Paramount-Publix Corp.

Country

France and United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Sarah and Son by Timothy Shea (New York, 1929).

Synopsis

[The following plot summary is based on the English-language version of this film, Sarah and Son ; character names refer to that version.] Sarah Storm, a lonely and impoverished singer, marries Jim Gray, with whom she teams up in vaudeville, but he is unable to support her or get a loan from wealthy John Ashmore. Angered by her reproval, he disappears with their baby; she is befriended by Cyril, another singer, with whom she builds a new act. Later, at a hospital where she goes to entertain wounded marines, Sarah discovers Jim; and, dying, he breathes Ashmore's name. Through her lawyer, Howard Vanning, who has fallen in love with her, Sarah finds the Ashmores, and since they deny that Bobby, their 11-year-old boy, is her son, Howard persuades her to continue her vocal studies in Europe. She returns an operatic success but insists on seeing the boy; and the Ashmores substitute a deafmute. She understands the deception; Bobby runs away to join Vanning; but when the Ashmores come to claim him, Sarah realizes he is her child. She and the boy are then victims of a motorboat accident; but Howard rescues them, and they all find happiness together.