The Honor of the Family
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The Honor of the Family (1912) is a silent
drama film
featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
in his first onscreen role. Michael F. Blake, in his book The Films of Lon Chaney (2001) claims Chaney did not appear in this film. The film is now considered to be a lost film
with no prints known to exist today.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
featuring Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
in his first onscreen role. Michael F. Blake, in his book The Films of Lon Chaney (2001) claims Chaney did not appear in this film. The film is now considered to be a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
with no prints known to exist today.