Seven Days Leave


1h 20m 1930

Film Details

Also Known As
Medals
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
Jan 25, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Old Lady Shows Her Medals by James M. Barrie (New York, 14 May 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7,534ft (9 reels)

Synopsis

Sarah Ann Dowey, a widowed Scotch charwoman, regrets that she has no son at the front during the war. Reading of the exploits of Kenneth, a young Canadian soldier of the "Black Watch" regiment, she claims he is her son, and when he is wounded and sent to London on a 5-day leave, a Y. M. C. A. worker tells him that he has met his mother. Kenneth chides Sarah for the deception but agrees to let her be his mother during his stay. He gets into a fight with British sailors over his kilts; and cursing the army, he threatens to desert; but touched by his "mother's" patriotism, he returns to the front in good cheer. Later, in Flanders, he is sent on a mission and never returns; his "mother" receives his medals awarded for bravery and marches off to work, her head held high.

Film Details

Also Known As
Medals
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
Jan 25, 1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Old Lady Shows Her Medals by James M. Barrie (New York, 14 May 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Film Length
7,534ft (9 reels)

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Notes

Initially reviewed as Medals. The Film Daily Yearbook credits John Cromwell as codirector.