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UNITED STATES · 1920

The Family Honor

King Vidor
Classical Hollywood family duty class struggle redemption gambling and vice Southern aristocracy
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Synopsis

Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town's mayor, Curran. During a raid led by Curran's crusading son Merl

Year1920
CountryUnited States
DirectorKing Vidor
MovementClassical Hollywood
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