Mother's Boy

Mother's Boy (1929) — drama, music film. Directed by Bradley Barker. Starring Morton Downey, Beryl Mercer, John T. Doyle, Brian Donlevy. This page maps 4 characters and 4 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

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A gifted singer rises from poverty but must choose family devotion before achieving public success and romantic fulfillment.

Drama, Music · 7/10 · 82 min · 1929

Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.

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