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The Family Secret (1924)

Genre : Drama, Comedy, Crime

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : William A. Seiter

Synopsis

Early film adaptation of a popular 19th century melodrama. The daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station—one whom her father violently disapproves of. The father, in an excess of parental concern, separates the lovers by sending his daughter away so that she might forget her lover, unaware of their married state. During this time, she gives birth to a daughter. After some months, the young mother returns to her family manor and presents her father with his new granddaughter, which causes a most unfortunate scene. Unbeknownst to the young woman, her enraged father falsely accuses his son-in-law of theft and has him incarcerated in order to separate the lovers in an irrational attempt to force his daughter to forget this "unworthy" young man.

Actors

Baby Peggy
Baby Peggy
Peggy Holmes
Gladys Hulette
Gladys Hulette
Margaret Selfridge
Frank Currier
Frank Currier
Simon Selfridge
Lucy Beaumont
Lucy Beaumont
Miss Abigail Selfridge
Edward Earle
Edward Earle
Garry Holmes
Elizabeth Mackey
Elizabeth Mackey
Aunt Mandy
Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox
Nurse Sneed
Cesare Gravina
Cesare Gravina
Tomaso Silvano
Martin Turner
Martin Turner
Uncle Mose

Crews

William A. Seiter
William A. Seiter
Director
Lois Zellner
Lois Zellner
Writer
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Novel
Augustus E. Thomas
Augustus E. Thomas
Theatre Play
John Stumar
John Stumar
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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