Four Sons (1928)
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Director: John Ford
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Margaret Mann as Mother Bernle |
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James Hall as Joseph - Her son |
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Charles Morton as Johann - Her Son |
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Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Franz - Her Son |
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George Meeker as Andreas - Her Son |
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June Collyer as Annabelle |
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Earle Foxe as Major von Stomm |
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Albert Gran as The Postman |
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Frank Reicher as The Schoolmaster |
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Archduke Leopold of Austria as A Captain |
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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as A Staff Sergeant |
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Jack Pennick as The Iceman |
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John Wayne as |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Writing | I.A.R. Wylie | Story |
| Writing | Philip Klein | Adaptation |
| Writing | Herman Bing | Writer |
| Production | John Ford | Producer |
| Sound | Carli Elinor | Music |
| Sound | Erno Rapee | Music |
| Editing | Margaret Clancey | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathleen Kay | Costume Design |
| Directing | R.L. Hough | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Edward O'Fearna | Assistant Director |
| Crew | John Wayne | Property Master |
| Camera | Charles G. Clarke | Director of Photography |
| Camera | George Schneiderman | Director of Photography |