- Cast
- Preservation status
- See also
- References
- External links
{{For|the 1912 silent film|The Honor of the Family}}{{Infobox film
|name = Honor of the Family
|image = HonorFamily1930.jpg
|producer =
|director = Lloyd Bacon
|writer = {{Plainlist|*Lenore J. Coffee- James Ashmore Creelman
- Roland Pertwee}}
|based on = {{based on| La Rabouilleuse play|Émile Fabre}} from novel by Balzac
|starring = {{Plainlist|*Bebe Daniels- Warren William
- Alan Mowbray
- Frederick Kerr}}
|cinematography = Ernest Haller
|distributor = First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
|released = {{Film date|1931|10|17}}
|runtime = 66 minutes
|language = English
|country = United States
}}Honor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from the Honoré de Balzac novel, La Rabouilleuse.This was the talkie debut for Warren William who would become one of the major stars for Warner Brothers over the next five years.[2] It also marked Dita Parlo's first English-speaking role. Cast- Bebe Daniels – Laura
- Warren William – Captain Boris Barony
- Alan Mowbray – Tony Revere
- Blanche Friderici – Madame Boris
- Frederick Kerr – Paul Barony
- Dita Parlo – Roszi
- Allan Lane – Joseph
- Harry Cording – Kouski
- Murray Kinnell – Captain Elek
- C. Henry Gordon – Renard
- Carl Miller – Lieutenant Kolman
Preservation statusThe film is now considered to be a lost film, with no film elements known to exist.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The soundtrack, recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, survives.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} See alsoReferences1. ^1 {{cite book |last=Steinhagen |first=Jon |title=Playbills to Photoplays |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuolkAxx1SsC&pg=PA213 |editor=New England Vintage Film Society |year=2010 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-4535-8775-1 |chapter=Talkers, Fast and Smooth: Lee Tracy and Warren William}}
[1]{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
}}External links- {{IMDb title|0021970|Honor of the Family (1931)}}
- {{allmovie|95554|synopsis}}
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