Pilgrimage (1933)

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  • PILGRIMAGE


    DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
    FOX FILM CORPORATION



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Hannah Jessop fears being abandoned by her son Jim,
    and she doesn't approve of his romance with Mary Saunders.
    When Hannah discovers that Jim and Mary plan to wed, she sends her son off to fight in WWI, unaware that Mary is carrying his child.
    For many years, Ford specialists such as Tag Gallagher and Joseph McBride
    have been singling out this uncharacteristic melodrama
    as one of the master's unsung masterpieces.


    Full Cast
    Henrietta Crosman ... Mrs. Hannah Jessop
    Heather Angel ... Suzanne
    Norman Foster ... Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
    Lucille La Verne ... Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
    Maurice Murphy ... Gary Worth
    Marian Nixon ... Mary Saunders
    Jay Ward ... Jimmy Saunders (Suzanne and Jimmy Hessop's son)
    Robert Warwick ... Major Albertson
    Louise Carter ... Mrs. Rogers
    Betty Blythe ... Janet Prescot
    Francis Ford ... Mayor Elmer Briggs
    Charley Grapewin ... Dad Saunders
    Hedda Hopper ... Mrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother)
    Frances Rich ... The Nurse
    Ann Brody ... Woman with Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
    William Burress ... Mr. Goldstein (uncredited)
    AndrÈ Cheron ... Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
    Ruth Clifford ... Schoolteacher (uncredited)
    Marcelle Corday ... French Woman Paying Cabbie (uncredited)
    James Donlan ... Barber (uncredited)
    Bess Flowers ... Restaurant Extra (uncredited)
    Edward Gargan ... Marty, Reporter (uncredited)
    Mary Gordon ... Mrs. MacGregor (uncredited)
    Si Jenks ... Jimmy Gish, Station Agent (uncredited)
    Claude King ... Ship Captain (uncredited)
    Wilbur Mack ... New York City Mayor (uncredited)
    Margaret Mann ... Mrs. Quincannon (uncredited)
    Alphonse Martell ... Frenchman at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
    Greta Meyer ... Mrs. Haberschmidt (uncredited)
    Frank Moran ... Sergeant on Train (uncredited)
    Frances Morris ... Nurse (uncredited)
    Jack Mower ... Soldier at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
    Sarah Padden ... Mother Of MIA (uncredited)
    Inez Palange ... Mrs. Carlucci (uncredited)
    Shirley Palmer ... Nurse (uncredited)
    Jack Pennick ... A Minute for Each Cedar soldier (uncredited)
    Beatrice Roberts ... Sick Nurse (uncredited)
    Rosa Rosanova ... Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
    Harry Tenbrook ... Soldier on Train (uncredited)
    August Tollaire ... Villager (uncredited)
    Adele Watson ... Mrs. Simms, Hannah's Neighbor (uncredited)
    Leo White ... Floorwalker at Fashion Show (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Barry Conners writer
    Henry Johnson uncredited
    Philip Klein writer
    Dudley Nichols dialogue
    Basil Woon uncredited
    I.A.R. Wylie story "Pilgrimage"


    Original Music
    R.H. Bassett (uncredited)


    Cinematography
    George Schneiderman

  • John Ford directed this emotional drama,
    which was a considerable change of pace from the
    westerns and war pictures for which he was best known. Hannah Jessop (Henrietta Crosman)
    fears being abandoned by her son Jim (Norman Foster),
    and she doesn't approve of his romance with Mary Saunders (Marian Nixon).
    When Hannah discovers that Jim and Mary plan to wed, she sends her son off to fight in WWI,
    unaware that Mary is carrying his child. Jim is killed in combat just as Mary is giving birth,
    and while Hannah is crushed by the loss of her son, she cannot forgive Mary
    or abide her grandson, Jim, Jr. (Jay Ward).
    Years later, Hannah is prodded into joining a group of women who lost their sons
    in the war on a visit to the battlefields of Europe; en route,
    she meets Mrs. Hatfield (Lucille La Verne), whose warmth and gracious acceptance
    of her misfortune forces Hannah to take a look at herself and her attitudes
    ~ Mark Deming, Rovi



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