The Family Skeleton (1918)
The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.
Wealthy young Billy Bates's greatest fear is that he has inherited his family curse: drink. But when he falls for a beautiful showgirl from the Ziegfeld Follies, she shows him he has nothing to fear.
- Date of release
- 1918-03-31
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Victor Schertzinger, Jerome Storm
Casting
- Charles Ray — Billy Bates
- Sylvia Breamer — Poppy Drayton
- Andrew Arbuckle — Dr. Griggs
- William Elmer — 'Spider' Doyle
- Otto Hoffman — Billy's Valet
- Jack Dyer — Wheeler
Interesting facts
The Family Skeleton is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and Jerome Storm and written by Thomas H. Ince and Bert Lennon. The film stars Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer, Andrew Arbuckle, William Elmer, Otto Hoffman, and Jack Dyer. The film was released on March 31, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
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