| A Son of His Father | |
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| Directed by | Victor Fleming |
| Written by | Anthony Coldeway (screenplay) |
| Based on | A Son of His Father (novel) byHarold Bell Wright[1][2] |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Bessie Love Warner Baxter Raymond Hatton Walter McGrail |
| Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum (billed as C. Edgar Schoenbaum) |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A Son of His Father is a 1925 AmericansilentWestern film directed byVictor Fleming. The screenplay, byAnthony Coldeway, was based onHarold Bell Wright's novel. The film starsBessie Love,Warner Baxter,Raymond Hatton, andWalter McGrail. It was produced byFamous Players–Lasky Corporation and distributed byParamount Pictures.
The film is consideredlost.[a][6][7]
Irish immigrant Nora (Love) arrives at Big Boy Morgan's (Baxter) ranch on theMexico–United States border to visit her brother. Holdbrook (McGrail), an arms smuggler, tries to reclaim a debt owed by Morgan's father by taking the ranch, although Morgan wants to pay him money instead. Holdbrook and Morgan both fall for Nora, who likes Morgan. Holdbrook is implicated in smuggling, and Nora and Morgan are married.[1][8]
The film received generally positive reviews.[3][9]
