Pilgrimage (1933) |
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| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | No producer listed for this movie |
| Top Genres | Drama |
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Heather Angel
(as Suzanne)
Norman Foster
(as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop)
Lucille La Verne
(as Mrs. Kelly Hatfield)
Robert Warwick
(as Major Albertson)
Betty Blythe
(as Janet Prescot)
Francis Ford
(as Mayor Elmer Briggs)
Ruth Clifford
(as Schoolteacher)
Marcelle Corday
(as French Woman Paying Ca...)
Pilgrimage Overview:
Pilgrimage (1933) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by John Ford .
SYNOPSIS
In this most unusual melodrama by director Ford, he keeps the sentiment in check as he unfolds a truly touching story. A possessive mother (theater diva Crosman) sends her son to war to separate him from his girlfriend (Nixon), unaware that she is pregnant. After he is killed, she travels to France with other Gold Star Mothers and meets a young couple, seemingly doomed to follow in the steps of her lost child. By sharing experiences with other bereaved mothers, she finds it in herself to help the lovers and reconcile with Nixon and her grandson.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
Pilgrimage BlogHub Articles:
Pilgrimage (1933): A Mother’s Journey of Reconciliation
It’s a private fascination of mine to consider the sanctity and sheer awesomeness of human life in a very particular context. How parents pass on their genes — a package of habits and physical phenotypes to their kids — that we can then witness before our very eyes. And this is eve... Read full article
PILGRIMAGE
My last post concerned a DVD I bought containing two early John Ford sound films: BORN RECKLESS and PILGRIMAGE. I covered BORN RECKLESS in that post, and today I will be reviewing PILGRIMAGE. Film historian and Ford biographer Joseph McBride calls PILGRIMAGE the director's first great film. It has ... Read full article
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