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William Fox, head of the
corporation bearing his
name, which produced
"Four Sons"
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THE fans have spoken! "Four Sons" wins the Photoplay Medal of Honor as the best picture released during 1928! For the second successive year Filmland's Nobel prize goes to a film from the studios of William Fox. The medal fur 1928 is the ninth issue of this famous award, which is given by the vote of the motion picture fans of America to that company which, in their opinion, produced the greatest photoplay shown during the preceding twelvemonth.
The distinguished predecessors of "Four Sons" in the big parade of Photoplay Medal winners are these:
"Humoresque," "Tol'able David," "Robin Hood," "The Covered Wagon," "Abraham Lincoln," "The Big Parade," "Beau Geste" and "7th Heaven."
Note well this list oi famous films, now enriched with " Four Sons."
Only one of them was what is called a "star" picture — "7th Heaven."
The others made stars, but did not exploit them. The new medal winner follows the great tradition established since the
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inception of this annual award. All these fine pictures have been notable for their story first. All have been puis ingly human, sentimental without sentimentality, appealing first and foremost to the heart.
"Four Sons," the new choice of the fans, follows this royal line. Its choice confirms everyone's belief in the good taste of the followers of the photoplay.
The year 1928 saw the troublous, even tragic, hour of the conflict between silent pictures and the new phonoplay. Companies, struggling to keep in step with the new art, saw their product suffer.
In mid-February, 1928, a striking Fox picture called "Four Sons" made its first bow to the fans in New York.
JOHN FORD, who had come to notice as the maker of "The Iron Horse, " directed it, from a story called " Grandma Bernle Learns Her Letters," by Miss I. A. R. Wylie.
It was the simple, moving story of a German mother who saw her four sons march off to war. "Four Sons" caught the public heart and fancy immediately. It was not only a fine,
Margaret Mann, the Scotswoman who scored as the German mother in "Four Sons"
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John Ford, director of the Medal winner. "The Iron Horse" had made him famous
Pre v t o u s Wz'n ?i e r s
1920
"HUMORESQUE"
1921
"TOL'ABLE DAVID"
1922
"ROBIN HOOD"
1923
"THE COVERED WAGON"
1924
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
1925
"THE BIG PARADE"
1926
"BEAU GESTE"
1927
"7TH HEAVEN"