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The Family Secret is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 28 september 1924 with Baby Peggy
The Family Secret (1924)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 september 1924
Length 1h10
Directed by William A. Seiter
OriginUSA
Themes Children's films
Rating62%
The Family Secret is a 1924 silent film featuring child star Baby Peggy. It is based on Editha's Burglar, a story by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1881 by St. Nicholas Magazine and adapted for the stage by Augustus E. Thomas.
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Margaret Selfridge (Hulette) lives with her affluent father, Simon (Currier) and her Aunt Abigail (Lucy Beamont) in a mansion in New York City. She is involved in a romantic relationship with Garry Homes (Earle), an honest man from a modest background.Actors
Baby Peggy
Gladys Hulette
(Margaret Selfridge)
Frank Currier
(Simon Selfridge)
Lucy Beaumont
(Miss Abigail Selfridge)
Edward Earle
(Garry Holmes)
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