Pilgrimage (1933)





To keep him from his lover, Hannah Jessop (Henrietta Crossman) enlists her son Jim in the Army during World War I. When he is killed, her guilt and anger are so strong that she doesn't acknowledge his son until she has gone to France with the Gold Star mothers. Having seen a simirlarly possessive mother nearly destroy her son, Hannah returns home to accept what remains of her family.3


Books with substantial mentioning of Pilgrimage

Tag Gallagher
John Ford: The Man and His Films
Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986

J.A. Place
The Non-Western Films of John Ford
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Books with an entry on Pilgrimage

Aubrey Solomon
The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935, A history and filmography
Jefferson, N.C., 2011