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The Law Forbids (1924)

The Law Forbids poster
Directed by
Jess Robbins
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl gets caught up in a legal dispute that tests the bonds of her family. The characters face moral choices with serious consequences.

old-fashionedserioussimpleslow-pacedmelodramaticquietsilent-era

What happens

The Law Forbids is a 1924 American drama film directed by Jess Robbins and written by Lois Zellner and Ford Beebe. The film stars Baby Peggy, Robert Ellis, Elinor Fair, Winifred Bryson, James Corrigan, and Anna Dodge. The film was released on April 7, 1924, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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