''The Honor of His House'' is a 1918 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

William C. deMille William Churchill deMille (July 25, 1878 – March 5, 1955), also spelled de Mille or De Mille, was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent film era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into ...

and written by

Marion Fairfax Marion Fairfax (born Marion Neiswanger; October 24, 1875 – October 2, 1970) was an American screenwriter, playwright, actress, and producer. Early career Fairfax first started her career as a stage actress, just like many other women did in ...

. The film stars

Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...

Florence Vidor Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto; July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress. Early life Vidor was born in Houston on July 23, 1895, to John and Ida Cobb. Her parents had married in Houston on March 3, 1894, bu ...

, Jack Holt,

Mayme Kelso Mayme Kelso (February 28, 1867 – June 5, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1927. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in South Pasadena, California from a heart attac ...

, Kisaburo Kurihara, and Forrest Seabury. The film was released on 1 April 1918, by

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Plot

Dr Robert Farlow and affluent toxicologist, Count Ito Onato, both fall in love with Lora, a stunning Japanese-American girl, when they are stranded on a desert island. Despite the fact that Lora prefers Robert, she chooses to reject him due to his frequent drinking habits. Following their rescue, Lora marries Count Ito, but Robert, who is still in love with her and determined to regain her heart, stops drinking and quickly builds a medical reputation that is second only to the count's. Once more, Lora is approached by Robert, who offers to elope with her, but she declines. But the count poisons his wife because he thinks she's been unfaithful. The count decides to give Lora a significant transfusion of his own blood after finding that she is innocent even though he would die during the procedure. Ito's son is born to Lora after she survives, and she subsequently weds the remorseful Robert. ''

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'' said of the film that it was "a photo-drama of rare strength featuring Sessue Hayakawa, the well-known Japanese actor. This photo-play has an absorbing theme that rises in the denouement to a tragic height, the supreme sacrifice of one man securing the happiness of the woman he loves and insuring her a peaceful future with her child. Sessue Hayakawa plays the principal role with that reserve of intense strength that marks all his characterizations. He is surrounded by a magnificent cast headed by Florence Vidor."

Cast

as Count Ito Onato *

as Lora Horning * Jack Holt as Robert Farlow *

as Mrs. Proudweather *

Kisaburo Kurihara was a Japanese actor and film director. Life Thomas Kurihara, birth name Kisaburō Kurihara (栗原喜三郎), was born in Hadano, Kanagawa. Kurihara's father was a wood trader, but he failed in business. Kurihara went to United States an ...

as Sato *

Forrest Seabury Forrest Seabury (1876 - 1944) was an actor in theater and silent films. He was named Sumner Forrest Seabury by his parents. His father, also named Forrest Seabury, was a scenic artist who died in 1895. They descended from the Bishop of Connecticu ...

as Mr. Proudweather

References

External links

* 1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by William C. deMille American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub