Honor of the Family

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Honor of the Family (1931)
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Written by Lenore J. Coffee
James Ashmore Creelman
Roland Pertweebased on the play by Émile Fabre and the story by Honoré de Balzac.
Starring Bebe Daniels
Warren William
Alan Mowbray
Blanche Friderici
Frederick Kerr
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Distributed by First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release date(s) October 17, 1931
Running time 66 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Honor of the Family is a 1931 dramatic film released by First National Pictures, (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.) in 1931. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from a story by Honoré de Balzac.

Poster for the film. Left to right: Bebe Daniels, Alan Mowbray, Frederick Kerr and Warren William.
Poster for the film. Left to right: Bebe Daniels, Alan Mowbray, Frederick Kerr and Warren William.

[edit] Trivia

  • This was the talkie debut for Warren Williams who would become one of the major Warner Bros. stars for the following five years.
  • This was Bebe Daniels's first film for Warner Bros. She had recently left Radio Pictures, who had failed to renew her contract due to a backlash against musicals.

[edit] Preservation

The film is believed to be lost. Only the soundtrack, which was recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, survives.