My Son, My Son! (film)

My Son, My Son!
Film poster
Directed by	Charles Vidor
Produced by	Edward Small
Written by	Lenore J. Coffee
Based on	novel by Howard Spring
Starring	Madeleine Carroll
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Edited by	Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Production company	Edward Small Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	March 22, 1940
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

My Son, My Son! is a 1940 American drama film based on a novel by the same name written by Howard Spring and directed by Charles Vidor. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John DuCasse Schulze.^[1]

Cast

• Madeleine Carroll – Livia Vaynol
• Brian Aherne – William Essex
• Louis Hayward – Oliver Essex
• Laraine Day – Maeve O'Riorden
• Henry Hull – Dermot O'Riorden
• Josephine Hutchinson – Nellie Moscrop Essex
• Sophie Stewart – Sheila O'Riorden
• Bruce Lester – Rory O'Riorden
• Scotty Beckett – Oliver as a Child
• Brenda Henderson – Maeve as a Child
• Teddy Moorwood – Rory as a Child
• May Beatty – Annie
• Stanley Logan – The Colonel
• Lionel Belmore – Mr. Moscrop
• Mary Gordon – Mrs. Mulvaney
• David Clyde – Drayman
• Vesey O'Davoren – Parker – Butler
• Pat Flaherty – Joe Baxter
• Victor Kendall – Pogson
• Mary Field – Betsy – First Maid
• Audrey Manners – Second Maid
• Sibyl Harris – First Landlady
• Connie Leon – Second Landlady

Production

Edward Small bought film rights to the book for $50,000^[2] in part because he thought it would make an ideal vehicle for his new star, Louis Hayward.^[3]

Plans to make the film were temporarily halted due to World War II.^[4]

References

1. "NY Times: My Son, My Son!". NY Times. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
2. "Marshall Will Play in 'My Son, My Son': Europe Lures Notables Students Belittle Stars Tommy Kelly Assigned Ann Sheridan's New Role" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 28 Mar 1939: 15.
3. "ENTER VILLAIN LOUIS HAYWARD!.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 18 May 1940. p. 36 Supplement: The Movie World. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
4. "PRODUCERS GIRD FOR WAR: The Cinema Capital Contemplates Its Probable Effects Upon the Industry" by DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times 10 Sep 1939: X3.

External links

• My Son, My Son! at the Internet Movie Database
• My Son, My Son! on Lux Radio Theater: March 11, 1940