Honor of the Family
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For the 1912 silent film, see The Honor of the Family.
| Honor of the Family (1931) | |
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| 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 |  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.
[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.
