His House in Order (1928)

Directed by

Randle Ayrton

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man puts his first wife on a pedestal. He then learns their son is not his biological child. The film follows his emotional turmoil and the consequences for his family.

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What happens

His House in Order was a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Randle Ayrton and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Ian Hunter and David Hawthorne. It was made at Teddington Studios and based on the 1906 Broadway play His House in Order by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. In 1920, Paramount Pictures filmed the same play, His House in Order. The story follows a wealthy man who worships his first wife until he discovers their son is illegitimate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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