Mother (1927)

A mother's heart as it has never before been revealed on the screen- the supreme achievement of the greatest of all interpreters!

When architect Lee Ellis is discharged from his position in a large firm and has difficulty in finding a new job his devoted wife Mary invests in a business for him with a small legacy she had received. Soon they become prosperous allowing son Jerry to get his longed-for car, and daughter Betty to attend private school. Jerry goes a little jazz mad and rebels against his mother's influence. He decides to elope with gold-digging flapper Edna Larkin. Mary, learning of the plan, chases and saves Jerry when his train is wrecked though he sustains a broken leg. Seeing he has been foolish he straightens out and the family is reunited.

• Release Date: 1927-05-01
• Runtime: 1h 10min
• Director: James Leo Meehan
• Writer: Dorothy Yost