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The Heir to the Hoorah (1916)

The Heir to the Hoorah poster
Directed by
William Churchill deMille
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man inherits a claim to a family name and property. The film follows his struggle to live up to that legacy.

quietstagedhistoricalrestrainedsomberreflectiveold-fashioned

What happens

The Heir to the Hoorah is a surviving 1916 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille. A print survives in the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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