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Sorrell stood and dreamed, and yet remained aware of the kindling face of the boy who was watching the life of the river, a pleasure steamer going up-stream, a man straining at a sweep upon a barge, a police-boat heading for the grey arches of Waterloo Bridge.
Sorrell and the boy were sitting on a seat above the water, with a slope of vivid grass going down to it, and a weeping willow trailing its branches in a stream of yellow light.
Sorrell had been talking to Christopher of Thomas Roland, though he himself was puzzled by the impulse that moved him to speak to the boy of a man who was a mere passing stranger.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Sorrell and Son
Captain Sorrell, after honourable service in the First World War, returns to an England where there is no guarantee of employment for a “gentleman” and no guarantee of marital fidelity from a “tigerishly” lustful and mercenary wife who abandons both Sorrell and son “for one of the rich fellows who had stayed at home”.
Sorrell's love for his son and guardianship of his interests contrasts with the failure of the state, class structures and the institution of marriage to sustain him despite his war service and moral integrity.
Sorrell's courage and professionalism is recognised by an entrepreneurial composer of popular songs who is on a mission to improve the quality of British hotels.
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 MTV.com - Movies - Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son, the best-selling (and frequently filmed) British novel by Warwick Deeping, was afforded its first screen treatment in 1927.
The "mercy killing" element, as controversial in 1927 as it would be in 1997, was the principal selling angle of Sorrell and Son, though it didn't hurt that the acting performances and the Oscar-nominated direction of Herbert Brenon were uniformly excellent.
Sorrell and Son was remade in 1934, with H.B. Warner repeating his original characterization.
www.mtv.com /movies/movie/74676/plot.jhtml   (237 words)

  
 Warwick Deeping (novelist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His most famous novel is Sorrell and Son ( 1925).
Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, into a family of doctors, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training.
Sorrell and Son, based upon Deeping's experiences during the First World War, was filmed three times: It first appeared in 1927 as a silent movie, was remade in 1934 as a sound film, and turned into a TV mini-series in 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warwick_Deeping_(novelist)   (278 words)

  
 Sorrell and Son (1927)
It may be a cinch to pull the mother love thing for box office angles, but the love of a father and a son may be intensified many times, although a precarious proposition in constant danger of suffering in the screen treatment.
She is in a disturbing state of undress but Sorrell walks out on her and it costs him his job.
There is a decided "Stella Dallas" tinge to the tale, which deals entirely with the sacrifice of a father for a son, rather than off a mother for a daughter, as in the vehicle mentioned.
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 Janet's Genealogy
Robert Sorrell patented 700 acres of land in James City, November 20 1653, “on the Southermost Branch of Warrancy Creek next to Henry Soanes” (C. In 1657 Robert Sorrell purchased William Davis, a servant, from Col. Thomas Swann, for 2,000 of live pork.
Thos Sorrell, both legatees of Daniel Occany, late of the sd County, deced., in relation & concerning the Annual Rent of a certain two hundred acres of land scituate in Cople Parish in the Forest, County of Westmoreland, which land was given and devised by the s.
Son James to be an assistance to his mother in teaching his little sisters, which I charge upon my blessings do.” The will appointed Loving consort, Elizabeth, Capt. George Turbeville and Wm.
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 Sorrell and Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorrell and Son was a silent film released on December 2, 1927 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards the following year.
The film was based on the novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping, adapted by Elizabeth Meehan.
This page was last modified 14:35, 12 May 2005.
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 "Sorrell and Son" to Launch Archival Rediscovery Series
Beverly Hills, CA — In a rare public presentation of a film believed to be lost, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch its new "Lost and Found" series with the screening of the 1927 film "Sorrell and Son" on Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Marking the film's first screening in the United States in over 60 years, "Sorrell and Son" recently was discovered among the Academy Film Archive's holdings and has been restored using current technology.
Some films within the series, such as "Sorrell and Son," may be incomplete or damaged.
www.oscars.org /press/pressreleases/2005/05.05.27.html   (393 words)

  
 Sorrell and Son in Lost and Found series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sorrell and Son was nominated for an Academy Award for "best direction of a dramatic picture" in the Academy's first award-giving year.*
Based on a popular novel by Warwick Deeping, the story of Sorrell and Son concerns a father and son played by H. Warner and Nils Asther, who strive to maintain their solid relationship despite being impoverished and deserted by ambitious wife and mother Anna Q. Nillson.
As it happened with the 1928 Sadie Thompson, the final section of Sorrell and Son has been reconstructed by the Academy Film Archive with the use of still photographs and title cards.
www.altfg.com /Articles/lostandfound.htm   (345 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Deeping, Warwick
Deeping is still evoked by authors of higher cultural status than his own, Martin Amis and Sebastian Faulks for example, to characterise the shabby, twilight world of his readers whose quality of life is deplored or despised, or, in the case of John Betjeman's mock appreciation in “Station Syren”, affectionately patronised.
Deeping represented his inter-war bestsellers, Sorrell and Son (1925), Old Pybus (1928), Kitty (1927) and Smith (1932), as dealing with the “raw meat” of human life, unlike his pre-war novels.
There is indeed a greater simplicity of diction, a new focus on men and women in the service industries and a strong sense of the precariousness of each niche on the “precipice” of lower middle-class respectability and economic survival.
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 Richard and John Sorrells, Albemarle Co. Va.
Great-grandson, Martin Dawson, son of John Dawson and Sally; great-granddaughters, Susanna Dawson and Mary Dawson and Priscilla Dawson, all children of John Dawson and Sally, also Nancy Dawson and Betsy Dawson, children of John Dawson and Sally.
Priscilla Sorrell Dawson was the ancestor of Fey Ruth Montgomery.
To ELIZABETH SORRELS provided she is a resident of this parish one year, to commence from 1 January 1778.
www.oursouthernancestors.com /sorr-001b.html   (3093 words)

  
 SORRELLS Genealogy
The “tradition” among the Walton County GA Sorrells (specifically the father of Rep. Marion Sorrells) was that the Sorrells came originally from Westmoreland Co.
He is believed to be a son of one of the original Sorrell immigrants, Capt. Robert Sorrell, who came to James town in 1635 and was eventually killed fighting for the Crown in Bacon’s Rebellion in 1675.
Jefferson refers to “old Sorrels judgment” which strongly infers that Richard was the oldest member of the clan and that William (or Billy) was a son and not a brother.
www.sorrellsgenealogy.com /richardsorrells.html   (11783 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Sorrell And Son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Previously filmed in 1927 and 1934, Warwick Deeping's novel Sorrel and Son was adapted as a British TV miniseries in 1984.
Set in the 1920s, the story concerned the efforts of impoverished Captain Stephen Sorrell (Richard Pasco) to raise his son Kit (Paul Critchley) all by himself, after his wife had walked out on him.
The six hour-long episodes of Sorrel and Son...
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 ancestors - pafn09 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
This family was reportedly descended from Robert Sorrell, son of Robert Sorrell of Writtle, Essex, England, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Everaard of Waltham Magna, England.
Thomas, son of John, moved to Westmoreland County where he was a clerk of the court of the court form 1715 to 1726.
SORRELL, wife of Thomas, says she remembers to have heard the old man say the HAMILTONs were indebted to him for a hogshead of tobacco.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Sorrell and Son : Main
The venerable Warwick Deeping story Sorrell and Son was dusted off again for this 1934 scr...
The venerable Warwick Deeping story Sorrell and Son was dusted off again for this 1934 screen incarnation.
Repeating his role from the 1927 film version, H.B. Warner plays Captain Stephen Sorrell, a WW I hero reduced to scrubbing floors in a hotel.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/74677/moviemain.jhtml   (154 words)

  
 Sorrell and Son: 3-Disc Set on DVD - MovieWeb
Sorrell and Son: 3-Disc Set on DVD - MovieWeb
Television, Dramas, Mini-Series, Drama (General), Fathers And Sons, British Television, Based On A Novel
Based on the classic novel by Warwick Deeping, SORRELL AND SON is the heartfelt story of a father making sacrifices to help his son over the years.
movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?066805301315   (115 words)

  
 The Smokers Club, Inc. - MSA Update
The son of a well-known cigarmaker, he previously was running a cigar factory in the Dominican Republic and had begun importing cheap smokes from Armenia, his ancestral homeland.
The discounters hiked their take to 8% in 2003 and cost the states a cumulative $600 million in payments they otherwise would have received.
William Sorrell, attorney general for Vermont, who was overseeing the settlement, urged state legislators to close the loophole by passing a new law to eliminate any refunds.
www.smokersclubinc.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1042   (3216 words)

  
 Joseph Sorrell
Joseph Sorrell, the son of John Robert Sorrell and Cassandra Bell (Aunt to Joseph Henry, John Zachary and Elijah Henson Bell), and the brother of John J. Sorrell served as Pvt.
Joseph Henry Bell was the oldest son of George Thomas Bell and Mary Jane Lumsden of Bell's Crossroads, Spotsylvania, VA. About 1853, Joseph left for TN, only to find himself being followed by his youngest brother John Zachary.
The people in the area felt a miracle had happened due to his generosity.
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 Smoky Mountain News | Reading Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
First onto the table is the oldest of these books, Warwick Deeping’s Sorrell And Son.
Forced to raise his 11-year-old son, Kit, by himself, Sorrell struggles to find decent employment and a way to provide for his son’s education.
Eventually, he lands a job in a new hotel, where by thrift and by the ministrations of a manager who values him for his work and spirit, Sorrell reaches his goal of seeing that his son enters into a professional life.
www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/04_02/04_24_02/book_minick.html   (825 words)

  
 Sorrell & Son VHS Set - SHOP.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
From the team behind Upstairs, Downstairs and The Duchess of Duke Street comes this moving series about the relationship between a father and his son.
Sorrell works as a porter at an inn run by a sadistic woman in order to take care of his son, Christopher.
As the two overcome one obstacle after another, fortune begins to smile on them and Christopher is able to attend university and train as a surgeon.
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 indieWIRE Insider > "Sorrell and Son" Screening in Hollywood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch its new "Lost and Found" series with the screening of the 1927 film "Sorrell and Son" on Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.
The film, which hasn't been seen by audiences in more than 60 years, was recently discovered among the Academy Film Archive's holdings and has been restored, although its last reel is still missing.
Written and directed by Herbert Brenon, "Sorrell and Son" was nominated in the "best direction of a dramatic picture" category for the first Academy Awards.
blogs.indiewire.com /insider/archives/004105.html   (244 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Sorrell and Son : Plot
VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Sorrell and Son : Plot
Upon returning from WWI, courageous Captain Sorrell ( H.B. Warner) returns home to
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 Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Sorrell and Son [3 Discs] (REGION 1) (NTSC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Sorrell and Son [3 Discs] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Sorrell and Son [3 Discs] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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 Moviefone: Sorrell and Son Movie
Synopsis: Sorrell and Son, the best-selling (and frequently filmed) British novel by Warwick Deeping, was afforded its first screen treatment in 1927.
The New York Times > Movies > SORRELL AND SON > Review, Cast and...
The NY Times review of Sorrell and Son, a Derek Bennett film starring Richard Pasco and Peter Chelsom.
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 AMCTV.com SHOW - Sorrell and Son
Based on the bestselling novel by Warwick Deeping, this classic silent drama follows the story of a World War I veteran who returns home to raise his son after he finds that his wife has left him.
Captain Sorrell (H.B. Warner) devotes his life to raising his son Kit (Nils Asther), who grows up to be a successful doctor.
In old age the elder Sorrell is stricken with cancer, and the son--knowing the ravages of the disease--sorrowfully euthanizes his father to prevent his suffering.
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 DVD Empire - Item - Sorrell And Son / DVD-Video
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When Captain Stephen Sorrell (Richard Pasco) goes off
for his son, Kit (Peter Chelsom), Sorrell becomes obsesses with raising him
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 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Sorrell and Son : Main
Sorrell and Son, the best-selling (and frequently filmed) British novel by Warwick Deeping...
Upon returning from WWI, courageous Captain Sorrell (H.B. Warner) returns home to find that his wife (Anna Q. Nilsson) has left him for another.
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 8th Annual Impact 100 for 2002: presented by Business Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I have spoken at numerous conferences and programs throughout the U.S., Europe and Canada on the topic of coaching.
I have balanced my life to spend more time with our children- attending son Hank's many baseball games and daughter Jessica's dance events.
This is major because I traveled much of the previous year.
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 Miranda Richardson - Big Brass Ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A classic family saga, 'Sorrell and Son ' spans two decades of tragedy and joy as it tells the story of an Army officer, Captain Sorrell, who returns home after the First World War to face unemployment, poverty, and finally his wife's desertion.
Determined to provide his son with a 'gentleman's' education, Sorrell is forced to accept any job he can find, however menial.
This page created November 22, 2002; last modified
www.miranda-richardson.com /mrsorrell.html   (91 words)

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