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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.[1]

Honor of the Family
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	Lenore J. Coffee James Ashmore Creelman Roland Pertwee
Based on	La Rabouilleuse play by Émile Fabre from novel by Balzac
Starring	Bebe Daniels Warren William Alan Mowbray Frederick Kerr
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Distributed by	First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release date	October 17, 1931 (1931-10-17)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.[1]

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 status

The film is now considered to be a lost film, with no film elements known to exist.^{[citation needed]} The soundtrack, recorded separately on Vitaphone disks, survives.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

• Honor of the Family (1931) at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie

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