The Family Secret (1924)
70 min
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.
- Release date
- September 28, 1924
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Baby Peggy as Peggy Holmes
- Gladys Hulette as Margaret Selfridge
- Edward Earle as Garry Holmes
- Frank Currier as Simon Selfridge
- Cesare Gravina as Tomaso Silvano
- Martin Turner as Uncle Rose
- Elizabeth Mackey as Aunt Mandy
- Martha Mattox as Nurse Sneed
- Lucy Beaumont as Miss Abigail Selfridge
- Matthew Betz as Crook
Crew
- William A. Seiter · Director
- Augustus Thomas · Writer
- Frances Hodgson Burnett · Writer
- Lois Zellner · Writer
- Dwinelle Benthall · Writer
- John Stumar · Cinematographer
- Ralph Dietrich · Editor