Wandering Footsteps is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Alec B. Francis, Estelle Taylor, and Bryant Washburn. Based upon the novel A Wise Son by Charles Sherman, it was released on October 23, 1925.[2]

Wandering Footsteps
Directed byPhil Rosen
Written byHope Loring
Louis D. Lighton
Based onA Wise Son
by Charles Sherman
StarringAlec B. Francis
Estelle Taylor
Bryant Washburn
CinematographyH. Lyman Broening
Music byMichael Hoffman
Production
company
Banner Productions
Distributed byHenry Ginsberg Distributing Corp.
Release date
  • October 23, 1925 (1925-10-23) (US)[1]
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] an intoxicated young man meets a similarly conditioned old man while wandering in a park and decides to adopt him as his father. The young man's fiancé resents this act and the old man, desirous of seeing the young people happy, goes his way. Later, the men meet again, and this time stay together and help each other find happiness.

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References

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  1. ^ "Wandering Footsteps". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Wandering Footsteps at silentera.com
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Wandering Footsteps", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (10), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 69, November 28, 1925, retrieved November 15, 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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