My Son, My Son!
Film poster
Directed byCharles Vidor
Written byLenore J. Coffee
Based onMy Son, My Son by Howard Spring
Produced byEdward Small
StarringMadeleine Carroll
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byFred R. Feitshans Jr.
Grant Whytock
Music byEdward Ward
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 22, 1940 (1940-03-22)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

Plot

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Cast

Production

Edward Small bought the film rights to the book for $50,000[2] and believed that the story could provide an ideal vehicle for his new star Louis Hayward.[3] Lenore Coffee, who wrote the script, said that Small "was a rather ignorant man, but he had inklings and hunches ... I liked him very much. He had a hunch about My Son, My Son! and he bought it. He had never bought an elegant story before."[4]

Production of the film was temporarily halted with the outbreak of World War II.[5]

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: My Son, My Son!". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. 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 March 28, 1939: 15.
  3. ^ "ENTER VILLAIN LOUIS HAYWARD!". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. May 18, 1940. p. 36 Supplement: The Movie World. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  4. ^ McGilligan, Patrick (1986). "Lenore Coffee: Easy Smiler, Easy Weeper". In McGilligan, Patrick (ed.). Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age. p. 146.
  5. ^ "PRODUCERS GIRD FOR WAR: The Cinema Capital Contemplates Its Probable Effects Upon the Industry" by DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times September 10, 1939: X3.

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Films directed by Charles Vidor
Films produced by Edward Small
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