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Sins of the Fathers is a 1928 American part-talkie drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It was also issued in a silent version for theaters which were not yet wired for sound. The film was directed by Ludwig Berger and stars Emil Jannings and Ruth Chatterton in her motion picture debut.[1]

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Sins of the Fathers
Lobby poster
Directed by	Ludwig Berger
Screenplay by	E. Lloyd Sheldon Julian Johnson
Story by	Norman Burnstine
Produced by	Famous Players-Lasky
Starring	Emil Jannings Ruth Chatterton Zasu Pitts
Cinematography	Victor Milner Slavko Vorkapic (montage sequence)
Edited by	Frances Marsh
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 29, 1928 (1928-12-29)
Running time	10 reels; 2320 meters; 7,611 feet
Country	United States
Language	Sound film (English intertitles)

Cast

• Emil Jannings as Wilhelm Spengler
• Ruth Chatterton as Greta Blake
• Barry Norton as Tom Spengler
• Jean Arthur as Mary Spengler
• Jack Luden as Otto Schmidt
• ZaSu Pitts as Mother Spengler
• Matthew Betz as Gus Newman
• Harry Cording as The Hijacker
• Arthur Housman as The Count
• Frank Reicher as The Eye Specialist
• Douglas Haig as Tom, as a child
• Dawn O'Day (later known as Anne Shirley) as Mary, as a child
• Milla Davenport as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Speed Webb and His Orchestra (uncredited)

Survival status

It has been reported that a print of Sins of the Fathers survives.[1] Some promotional or Coming Attraction material is held by the Library of Congress and excerpts are preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[2][3]

References

External links

• Sins of the Fathers at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Sins of the Fathers at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still #1 and #2 at gettyimages.com

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