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The Family Skeleton

The Family Skeleton

1918•50m•Drama•Comedy

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.

Victor Schertzinger · Director

Jerome Storm · Director

Thomas H. Ince · Writer

Bert Lennon · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 31, 1918

Actors

Charles Ray

Charles Ray

Billy Bates

Sylvia Breamer

Sylvia Breamer

Poppy Drayton

Andrew Arbuckle

Andrew Arbuckle

Dr. Griggs

William Elmer

William Elmer

'Spider' Doyle

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Billy's Valet

Jack Dyer

Wheeler

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