Somebody's Mother

Somebody's Mother
Somebody's Mother
Directed by	Oscar Apfel
Written by	Oscar Apfel
Produced by	W. Ray Johnston ; Harry Gordon
Starring	Mary Carr ; Rex Lease ; Kathryn McGuire
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Production; company	Harry Garson Productions
Distributed by	Rayart Pictures ; Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date	March 17, 1926;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated July 30, 2024

Somebody's Mother is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Mary Carr, Rex Lease, and Kathryn McGuire.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Mary roams the streets sells matches on the streets of New York, but unknown to everyone she encounters she is really searching for her son who was kidnapped from her many years ago when he was a young boy. Meanwhile, she adopts an Irish waif, practicing her mothering techniques. She finally meets the banker, and implores him to tell where her son is concealed, but he ignores her. Her son Peter is registered at a hotel with his new bride, and he quarrels with the banker, whom he believes is his uncle. Mary goes to the banker's home, and Peter also is headed there to try to get him to recognize his new wife, whom the banker considers to be a gold digger. A servant returning to the home later finds the banker dead. A court later tries and convicts Peter based upon circumstantial evidence, but Mary steps in to claim that she killed the banker. Then a policeman appears with the information that two yeggs confessed to the murder. An old friend of Mary's produces documentary evidence proving that the banker had Peter taken away as a child from Mary years before on the grounds that she was not morally fit to raise him.

Cast

Mary Carr as Mary, aka 'Matches' Mary
Rex Lease as Peter
Mickey McBan as Peter, as a Young Boy
Kathryn McGuire as Peter's Sweetheart
Sidney Franklin as Foster
Edward Martindel as Mary's Lawyer
Robert Graves
Fletcher Tolbert

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References

↑ Munden p. 742
↑ "Somebody's Mother". The Film Daily. 36 (21). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 11 April 25, 1926. Retrieved 15 October 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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[1] Munden p. 742

[2] "Somebody's Mother". The Film Daily. 36 (21). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 11 April 25, 1926. Retrieved 15 October 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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