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The Family Secret

The daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station— one whom her father violently disapproves of. The father, in an excess of parental concern, separates the lovers by sending his daughter away so that she might forget her lover, unaware of their married state. During this time, she gives birth to a daughter. After some months, the young mother returns to her family manor and presents her father with his new granddaughter, which causes a most unfortunate scene. Unbeknownst to the young woman, her enraged father falsely accuses his son-in-law of theft and has him incarcerated in order to separate the lovers in an irrational attempt to force his daughter to forget this "unworthy" young man.

Top Cast

  • Baby Peggy

    Baby Peggy

    Peggy Holmes

  • Gladys Hulette

    Gladys Hulette

    Margaret Selfridge

  • Frank Currier

    Frank Currier

    Simon Selfridge

  • Lucy Beaumont

    Lucy Beaumont

    Miss Abigail Selfridge

  • Edward Earle

    Edward Earle

    Garry Holmes

  • Elizabeth Mackey

    Elizabeth Mackey

    Aunt Mandy

  • Martha Mattox

    Martha Mattox

    Nurse Sneed

  • Cesare Gravina

    Cesare Gravina

    Tomaso Silvano

  • Martin Turner

    Martin Turner

    Uncle Mose

Overview

The daughter of a wealthy man secretly marries a man below her station— one whom her father violently disapproves of. The father, in an excess of parental concern, separates the lovers by sending his daughter away so that she might forget her lover, unaware of their married state. During this time, she gives birth to a daughter. After some months, the young mother returns to her family manor and presents her father with his new granddaughter, which causes a most unfortunate scene. Unbeknownst to the young woman, her enraged father falsely accuses his son-in-law of theft and has him incarcerated in order to separate the lovers in an irrational attempt to force his daughter to forget this "unworthy" young man.

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