Sorrell And Son

Melodrama about an English war hero who finds civilian life a sore disappointment, but sacrifices himself without complaint to better the life of his son. Well-born Capt. Stephen Sorrell (H.B. Warner) returns home from World War I with a Military Cross but few prospects, and the first shock awaiting him is that his faithless wife Dora (Anna Q. Nilsson) is decamping with a wealthier man. Left to raise their small son Kit, Sorrell goes looking for work as a sales manager, but is forced to accept the position of hotel porter. Driven by festering class resentment, his first supervisor, the stridently common Flo Palfrey (Carmel Myers), delights in the opportunity to lor...