''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.
Cast
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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
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