Honor of the Family

For the 1912 silent film, see The Honor of the Family.

Honor of the Family
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written by
Based on La Rabouilleuse play
by Émile Fabre from novel by Balzac
Starring
CinematographyErnest Haller
Distributed byFirst National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release date
  • October 17, 1931 (1931-10-17)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Honor of the Family is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It is based on the play by Emil Fabre from the Honoré de Balzac novel La Rabouilleuse.[1]

The film marked the sound-film debut for William, who would become a major Warner Bros. star over the next five years.[2] It also marked Dita Parlo's first English-speaking role.[1]

Plot

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Andre Sennwald summarized Honor of the Family as "an average film, which the not too exacting will find mildly diverting."[3]

Preservation status

Honor of the Family is now considered to be a lost film, with no elements known to exist.[citation needed] The soundtrack, recorded separately on Vitaphone discs, survives.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Honor of the Family". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Steinhagen, Jon (2010). "Talkers, Fast and Smooth: Lee Tracy and Warren William". In New England Vintage Film Society (ed.). Playbills to Photoplays. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4535-8775-1.
  3. ^ Sennwald, Andre (October 17, 1931). "Suggested by Balzac". The New York Times. p. 20.


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