Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1925
My Son (1925 film)
Buy My Son (1925 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'My Son' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Alla Nazimova. Carewe produced with First National who distributed the film.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150919124523/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1596 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: 'My Son'] (Wayback)[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MySon1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'My Son'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Tony, beloved son of Portuguese mother Anna Silva, allows his head to be turned in the summer resort colony by Betty Smith, daughter of a former neighbor now grown wealthy. She shows him how to become a popular dancing instructor. Afraid of losing her, he steals to keep up appearances. The theft is traced to him, but out of respect for his mother, the sheriff gives him a chance. In this crisis, the mother shows her strength and has him kidnapped and shanghaied for a two year's trip around the world. On board the ship is the young woman the mother wants him to marry.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of 'My Son' located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7763/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'My Son'] it is a lost film.
References
Buy My Son (1925 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1925