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Sins of the Fathers (1928 film)

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'Sins of the Fathers' is a 1928 American part-talkie drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It was also issued in a silent version for theaters which were not yet wired for sound. The film was directed by Ludwig Berger and stars Emil Jannings and Ruth Chatterton in her motion picture debut.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SinsOfTheFathers1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Sins of the Fathers'] at silentera.com

Cast



*Emil Jannings as Wilhelm Spengler

*Ruth Chatterton as Greta Blake

*Barry Norton as Tom Spengler

*Jean Arthur as Mary Spengler

*Jack Luden as Otto Schmidt

*ZaSu Pitts as Mother Spengler

*Matthew Betz as Gus Newman

*Harry Cording as The Hijacker

*Arthur Housman as The Count

*Frank Reicher as The Eye Specialist

*Douglas Haig as Tom, as a child

*Dawn O'Day (later known as Anne Shirley) as Mary, as a child

*Milla Davenport as Bit Part (uncredited)

*Speed Webb and His Orchestra (uncredited)

Survival status



It has been reported that a print of 'Sins of the Fathers' survives. Some promotional or Coming Attraction material is held by the Library of Congress and excerpts are preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019391/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2 Internet Movie Database; Trivia] Retrieved September 29, 2016'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', p. 166 (which redirects to p. 33) c.1978 published by the American Film Institute

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