Mothers Boy (1929)

Young Irish lad Tommy ODay lives in a poor section of New Yorks Lower East Side and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice After an argument with his father who accuses him of stealing the familys life savings Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue On opening night just as he is about to go on stage he receives word that his mother who he has not seen since he left home is dying and wants to see him