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|director = [[John Ford]] | |director = [[John Ford]] | ||
|date= 1928 | |date= February 12, 1928 | ||
|language = Silent | |language = Silent | ||
|studio= Fox Film Corporation | |||
|distributor = Fox Film Corporation | |distributor = Fox Film Corporation | ||
|character1=Mother Bernle | |character1=Mother Bernle | ||
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|character4=Franz Bernle | |character4=Franz Bernle | ||
|character5=Andreas Bernle | |character5=Andreas Bernle | ||
|character6=American Officer | |character6=American Police Officer | ||
|actor1=Margaret Mann | |actor1=Margaret Mann | ||
|actor2=[[James Hall]] | |actor2=[[James Hall]] | ||
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|actor5=George Meeker | |actor5=George Meeker | ||
|actor6=[[John Wayne]] | |actor6=[[John Wayne]] | ||
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An American officer carries a pistol that has the silhouette of a [[Colt M1911]]. | An American officer carries a pistol that has the silhouette of a [[Colt M1911]]. | ||
[[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:COLTM1911 1913.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[File:4s_colt_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The officer advances | [[File:4s_colt_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The officer advances through No Man's Land.]] | ||
[[File:4s_colt_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''What's eatin' yuh, Dutch? Let's go, we movin' up!''"]] | [[File:4s_colt_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''What's eatin' yuh, Dutch? Let's go, we movin' up!''"]] | ||
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[[File:4s_luger_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''A parting gift from the regiment, Herr Colonel, to speed you to a better world!''"]] | [[File:4s_luger_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''A parting gift from the regiment, Herr Colonel, to speed you to a better world!''"]] | ||
[[File:4s_luger_1_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''Shall we say, in ten minutes?''"]] | [[File:4s_luger_1_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|"''Shall we say, in ten minutes?''"]] | ||
[[File:4s_luger_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Von Stomm | [[File:4s_luger_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Von Stomm readies himself with the pistol in hand.]] | ||
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
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[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:4s_g98_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Franz ([[Francis X. Bushman Jr.]]) and other soldiers marching with [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 1898]]s.]] | [[File:4s_g98_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Franz ([[Francis X. Bushman Jr.]]) and other soldiers marching with [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 1898]]s.]] | ||
[[File:4s_g98_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A barracks Guard with Gewehr | [[File:4s_g98_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A barracks Guard with Gewehr 98 equipped with ''Seitengewehr'' 98/05 bayonet seapks with Mother Bernle (Margaret Mann).]] | ||
==Springfield M1903 | ==Springfield M1903== | ||
During the scene at the ninth of November American | During the scene at the ninth of November, Joseph "Dutch" Bernle ([[James Hall]]) and other American Doughboys are armed with [[M1903 Springfield|Springfield M1903]] rifles. | ||
[[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]] | [[Image:M1903Mark1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Springfield M1903 Mk 1 - .30-06]] | ||
[[File:4s_spri_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Joseph | [[File:4s_spri_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Joseph approaches cautiously the German Foxhole with his Springfield at the ready.]] | ||
[[File:4s_srpi_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|He lies beside | [[File:4s_srpi_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|He lies beside a wounded German soldier whom he offers something to drink.]] | ||
[[File:FourSons1928JohnFord.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A behind the scenes picture shows James Hall on the right with the Springfield rifle; next to the director [[John Ford]] and fellow actor George Meeker.]] | |||
==Mauser 98AZ | ==Mauser Karabiner 98AZ== | ||
A [[Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine|Mauser 98AZ Carbine]] is very briefly seen | A [[Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine|Mauser 98AZ Carbine]] is very briefly seen during the suicide of von Stomm. | ||
[[Image:Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser 98AZ | [[Image:Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Karabiner 98AZ - 7.92x57mm.]] | ||
[[File:4s_az_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Note the larger front sight.]] | [[File:4s_az_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier in the left background holds the Kar98AZ. Note the larger front sight.]] | ||
[[File:4s_az_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of the carbine | [[File:4s_az_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of the carbine that shows the stacking hook.]] | ||
=Machine Guns= | =Machine Guns= | ||
==Maxim MG 08== | ==Maxim MG 08== | ||
A [[Maxim | A [[Maxim MG08]] is carried by German soldiers at the railway station. Another broken Maxim is later seen in a crater. | ||
[[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:4s_mg08_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German soldiers transport the Maxim.]] | [[File:4s_mg08_1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|German soldiers transport the Maxim into the train carriage.]] | ||
[[File:4s_mg08_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Joseph over the broken Maxim.]] | [[File:4s_mg08_2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Joseph bends over the broken Maxim; the gun is separated from the ''Schlittenlafette'' 08 mount.]] | ||
[[Category: Movie]] | [[Category: Movie]] | ||
Revision as of 09:04, 9 March 2021
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Four Sons is a 1928 World War I silent film directed and produced by John Ford. The story takes place in Germany during the war where a Bavarian mother Bernle deals with her four young sons, three of them fighting for the German Empire and the other joins the U.S. Army. The movie is based on the novel "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" by I. A. R. Wylie and features a young John Wayne in an uncredited role as an American police officer.
The following weapons were used in the film Four Sons:
Pistols
Colt M1911
An American officer carries a pistol that has the silhouette of a Colt M1911.
Luger P08
A German Captain (Archduke Leopold of Austria) gives Colonel von Stomm (Earle Foxe) a Luger P08 to shoot himself.
Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 1898
German soldiers including Franz (Francis X. Bushman Jr.) and Johann Bernle (Charles Morton) carry Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles through the movie. Andreas (George Meeker) carries also a Gewehr over his shoulder.
Springfield M1903
During the scene at the ninth of November, Joseph "Dutch" Bernle (James Hall) and other American Doughboys are armed with Springfield M1903 rifles.
Mauser Karabiner 98AZ
A Mauser 98AZ Carbine is very briefly seen during the suicide of von Stomm.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG 08
A Maxim MG08 is carried by German soldiers at the railway station. Another broken Maxim is later seen in a crater.
