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Three Sons is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Anderson released in USA on 13 october 1939 with Edward Ellis
Three Sons (1939)
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Add to a movie listThree Sons is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively using a screenplay by John Twist, based on the novel, Sweepings by Lester Cohen. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on October 13, 1939, it was a remake of an earlier RKO film, Sweepings (1933). The film stars Edward Ellis, William Gargan, J. Edward Bromberg and Robert Stanton (whose real name was Kirby Grant, which he would use for most of his career). Gargan, who plays the uncle in this film, had played one of the sons in the earlier film.
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Daniel Pardway (Edward Ellis)a department store owner is deeply saddened to learn that none of his grown sons are interested in taking over the business he has worked so hard to build. To coerce them, he even tries giving them shares of company stock. In the end, only the youngest son shows any interest at all.Actors
Edward Ellis
(Daniel Pardway)
William Gargan
(Thane Pardway)
J. Edward Bromberg
(Abe Ullman)
Kirby Grant
(Bert Pardway)
Kent Taylor
(Gene Pardway)
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