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|distributor = [[Warner Brothers]]
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|released = March 7, 1931
|released = March 7, 1931
|runtime = 76 Minutes
|runtime = 76 minutes
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'''''Father's Son''''' (1931) is an all-talking melodrama film which was produced by [[Warner Brothers]] in 1930 and released early in 1931. The movie is based on the novel ''Old Fathers and Young Sons'' by [[Booth Tarkington]].
'''''Father's Son''''' (1931) is an all-talking melodrama film which was produced by [[Warner Brothers]] in 1930 and released early in 1931. The movie is based on the novel ''Old Fathers and Young Sons'' by [[Booth Tarkington]].
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[[Leon Janney]] was being groomed as a child star by Warners, and this film was the one of several he starred in. His career, however, never took off, and in late 1931, he was released from his contract.
[[Leon Janney]] was being groomed as a child star by Warners, and this film was the one of several he starred in. His career, however, never took off, and in late 1931 he was released from his contract.


==Preservation==
==Preservation==
The film is believed to be a [[lost film]], with no film elements known to exist. The complete soundtrack, however, survives on [[Vitaphone]] disks.
The film is believed to be a [[lost film]], with no film elements known to exist.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The complete soundtrack, however, survives on [[Vitaphone]] disks.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|0021854|Father's Son (1931)}}
*{{imdb title|0021854|Father's Son}}


[[Category:1931 films]]
[[Category:1931 films]]

Revision as of 10:17, 25 March 2013

Father's Son (1931)
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byWalter Anthony
based on the novel by Booth Tarkington
Produced byRobert North
StarringLeon Janney
Lewis Stone
Irene Rich
John Halliday
Mickey Bennett
CinematographyArthur C. Miller
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
March 7, 1931
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Father's Son (1931) is an all-talking melodrama film which was produced by Warner Brothers in 1930 and released early in 1931. The movie is based on the novel Old Fathers and Young Sons by Booth Tarkington. Leon Janney was being groomed as a child star by Warners, and this film was the one of several he starred in. His career, however, never took off, and in late 1931 he was released from his contract.

Preservation

The film is believed to be a lost film, with no film elements known to exist.[citation needed] The complete soundtrack, however, survives on Vitaphone disks.

See also