GOLD MEDAL FILM
‘•PHOTOPLAY” HONOURS “FOUR SONS” IN MEMORABLE COMPANY For the second time in two years the gold medal bestowed by Photoplay Magazine on its choice of the year’s best picture has fallen to a Fox production. The 192 S medal went to Fox for “Seventh Heaven,” directed by Frank Borzage. This vjir it honours “Four Sons,” directed by John Ford for the same studio. The 1929 award is the ninth since inauguration of the filmland prize, which has come to be regarded as a sort of Nobel Prize of the cinema. It represents the choice of the magazine readers. The eight previous winners have been “Humoresque,” 1920; “Tol’able David,” 1921; “Robin Hood,” 1922; “The Covered Wagon.” 1923; “Abraham Lincoln.” 1924: “The Big Parade,” 1925 “Beau Geste” 1926 and “Seventh Heaven,” 1928. “Four Sons” falls in line with the rest in that the story stresses human values, appealing first and foremost to the heart. It was based on Ida A. R. Wylie’s story, “Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 24
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169GOLD MEDAL FILM Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 24
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