Wandering Footsteps

Wandering Footsteps is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by Phil Rosen 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.^[2]

Wandering Footsteps
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Hope Loring Louis D. Lighton
Based on	A Wise Son by Charles Sherman
Starring	Alec B. Francis Estelle Taylor Bryant Washburn
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Music by	Michael Hoffman
Production company	Banner Productions
Distributed by	Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corp.
Release date	October 23, 1925 (1925-10-23) (US)[1]
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] 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

• Alec B. Francis as Timothy Payne
• Estelle Taylor as Helen Maynard
• Bryant Washburn as Hal Whitney
• Eugenie Besserer as Elizabeth Stuyvesant Whitney
• Ethel Wales as Matilda
• Phillips Smalley as Mr. Maynard
• Sidney Bracy as Dobbins
• Frankie Darro as Billy