Four Sons
Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Mother Bernle
Margaret Mann
Joseph "Dutch" Bernle
James Hall
Johann Bernle
Charles Morton
Franz Bernle
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Andreas Bernle
George Meeker
American Police Officer
John Wayne
Four Sons 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.
In 1940 a sound film remake was directed by Archie Mayo starring Don Ameche, Mary Beth Hughes, and Alan Curtis . However, this film was not set in Bavaria, but in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
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 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M1911 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer advances through the foggy No Man's Land. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "What's eatin' yuh, Dutch? Let's go, we movin' up! " Luger P08 A German Captain (Archduke Leopold of Austria) gives Colonel von Stomm (Earle Foxe) a Luger P08 to shoot himself.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing "A parting gift from the regiment, Herr Colonel, to speed you to a better world! " Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Shall we say, in ten minutes? " Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Stomm braces himself with the pistol in hand. Rifles Mauser Gewehr 1898 German soldiers including Franz (Francis X. Bushman Jr. ) and Andreas Bernle (George Meeker) carry Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles through the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franz shoulders his Mauser during the introduction of his mother. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lange Visier rear sight is seen during the changing of the guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Franz and other soldiers marching with Gewehr 98s . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Seitengewehr 98/05 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barracks Guard with Gewehr 98 equipped with Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonet speaks with Mother Bernle (Margaret Mann). Krag-Jørgensen M1896 During the parade at the start of World War One, many German soldiers including Johann Bernle (Charles Morton) are seen with Krag-Jørgensen M1896 rifles standing in for Gewehr 98s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krag-Jørgensen Model 1896 - .30-40 Krag Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Bavarian garrison marches with full-length Krag-Jørgensen rifles to the railway station. Note the curved bolt handles and typical loading gates. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johann carries a Krag-Jørgensen over his shoulder. Springfield M1903 On the 9th of November 1918, Joseph "Dutch" Bernle (James Hall ) and other American Doughboys can be seen wielding Springfield M1903 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield M1903 with M1905 bayonet - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Joseph approaches cautiously the German Foxhole with his Springfield at the ready. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He lies beside a wounded German soldier to whom he offers something to drink. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle can be seen as he gets up to move on. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Karabiner 98AZ A Mauser 98AZ Carbine is very briefly seen during the suicide of von Stomm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Karabiner 98AZ - 7.92x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier in the left background holds the Kar98AZ. Note the larger front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of a carbine that shows the stacking hook. 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.
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