Sins of the Children (1930)
80 mins | Drama | 28 June 1930
Director:
Sam WoodWriter:
Samuel OrnitzCinematographer:
Henry SharpEditors:
Frank Sullivan, Leslie F. WilderProduction Designer:
Cedric GibbonsProduction Company:
Cosmopolitan ProductionsThis film was initially titled Father’s Day, after the story by J. C. and Elliott Nugent upon which it was based. An item in the 2 Aug 1930 Harrison’s Reports listed Devotion as another provisional title. Although the 24 May 1930 Motion Picture News reported a final title change from Sins of the Children to The Richest Man in the World, and the 5 Jul 1930 issue reviewed the film under the latter name, it appears to have been officially released as Sins of the Children.
The start of production was announced in the 5 Feb 1930 Film Daily. Shooting was set to take place at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (MGM) studio facilities in Culver City, CA, as indicated by an 8 Feb 1930 Hollywood Filmograph item. According to a 12 Feb 1930 Var brief, director Sam Wood’s daughter, Jeane, was slated to make her feature film debut as “Muriel Stokes.”
Filming was completed by early Apr 1930, according to the 12 Apr 1930 Hollywood Filmograph. A review in the 10 May 1930 issue called it a “sweet” comedy and a “talkie triumph” for Louis Mann, who had not yet appeared in a sound film.
The 14 Jul 1930 Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today credited A.P. Younger as a collaborator, with J. C. and Elliott Nugent, on the original screen story. ...
This film was initially titled Father’s Day, after the story by J. C. and Elliott Nugent upon which it was based. An item in the 2 Aug 1930 Harrison’s Reports listed Devotion as another provisional title. Although the 24 May 1930 Motion Picture News reported a final title change from Sins of the Children to The Richest Man in the World, and the 5 Jul 1930 issue reviewed the film under the latter name, it appears to have been officially released as Sins of the Children.
The start of production was announced in the 5 Feb 1930 Film Daily. Shooting was set to take place at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s (MGM) studio facilities in Culver City, CA, as indicated by an 8 Feb 1930 Hollywood Filmograph item. According to a 12 Feb 1930 Var brief, director Sam Wood’s daughter, Jeane, was slated to make her feature film debut as “Muriel Stokes.”
Filming was completed by early Apr 1930, according to the 12 Apr 1930 Hollywood Filmograph. A review in the 10 May 1930 issue called it a “sweet” comedy and a “talkie triumph” for Louis Mann, who had not yet appeared in a sound film.
The 14 Jul 1930 Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today credited A.P. Younger as a collaborator, with J. C. and Elliott Nugent, on the original screen story.
Father's Day
The Richest Man in the World
Adolf, a German-American barber, is about to invest his savings in a building and loan association in the growing town in which he lives; instead, he sends one of his beloved children, in poor health, to a sanatorium, and his friend Joe Higginson becomes powerful in the growing community, while he remains a barber. As the children grow up, Adolf sacrifices to provide his son, Ludwig, with a medical education and later mortgages the shop to set him up in a local office. Johnnie becomes a collector for an electrical company, and his father gives up the last of his savings to cover a shortage in collections; unable to continue his employment there, Johnnie disappears. Alma falls in love with Higginson's ne'er-do-well son, Nick, who compromises her, then refuses to marry her because of their social inequality. In consequence, Adolf denounces his former friend. On Christmas Eve, having seen the mortgage foreclosed on his shop, he is reunited with all his children, including Johnnie, who finally has met success as an ...
Adolf, a German-American barber, is about to invest his savings in a building and loan association in the growing town in which he lives; instead, he sends one of his beloved children, in poor health, to a sanatorium, and his friend Joe Higginson becomes powerful in the growing community, while he remains a barber. As the children grow up, Adolf sacrifices to provide his son, Ludwig, with a medical education and later mortgages the shop to set him up in a local office. Johnnie becomes a collector for an electrical company, and his father gives up the last of his savings to cover a shortage in collections; unable to continue his employment there, Johnnie disappears. Alma falls in love with Higginson's ne'er-do-well son, Nick, who compromises her, then refuses to marry her because of their social inequality. In consequence, Adolf denounces his former friend. On Christmas Eve, having seen the mortgage foreclosed on his shop, he is reunited with all his children, including Johnnie, who finally has met success as an inventor.
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