Wandering Footsteps
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''Wandering Footsteps'' is a 1925 American silent
melodrama film In film studies and criticism, melodrama may variously refer to a genre, mode, style or sensibility characterized by its emphasis on intense and exaggerated emotions and heightened dramatic situations. There is no fixed definition of the term an ...
directed by
Phil Rosen Philip E. Rosen (May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed more than 140 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Malbork, Marienburg, German Empire (now, Malbork, Poland), grew up ...
and starring Alec B. Francis, Estelle Taylor, and Bryant Washburn. Based upon the novel ''A Wise Son'' by Charles Sherman, it was released on October 23, 1925.


Plot

As described in a film magazine review, an intoxicated young man meets a similarly conditioned old man while wandering in a park and decides to adopt him as his father. The young man's fiancé resents this act and the old man, desirous of seeing the young people happy, goes his way. Later, the men meet again, and this time stay together and help each other find happiness.


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* * * Films directed by Phil Rosen 1920s melodrama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1925 drama films 1925 films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub