The Family Secret

Director: William A. Seiter

Writer: Lois Zellner

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.

70 min Rating: 5.9/10 Released

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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

Movie Info

Director: William A. Seiter

Writer: Lois Zellner

Production Companies: Universal Pictures

Countries: United States of America

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