The Honor of the Family (1912)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers both fall for the same woman. One brother marries her and then dies. The other brother cares for her and hides the truth to spare her feelings.

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What happens

The Honor of the Family is a 1912 American silent short drama film produced by the Rex Motion Picture Company. The film is a melodramatic one between two brothers and a woman named Marja. Gerald admires the girl and warns his visiting brother, Claude, to leave her alone. Infatuated, Claude and Marja secretly marry before Claude returns to England with a promise to return for her. As the months pass, Marja becomes broken-hearted and attempts suicide, but ends up crippled for life. Claude dies and Gerald cares for Marja, even forging a letter to keep her spirits up. Marja comes to love Gerald and all is revealed on a later date. The film was released on November 7, 1912. The film was claimed to be the debut of Lon Chaney, but this has been disputed. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces states that Chaney's film debut occurred after his wife's suicide attempt in April 1913, but notes the possibility existed during his unemployment in 1912. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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