''His Children's Children'' is a

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1923 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- ...

directed by

Sam Wood Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as '' A Night at the Opera'', '' A Day at the Races'', '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', '' ...

and starring the winsome Bebe Daniels. It is based on a novel, ''His Children's Children'' by

Arthur Train Arthur Cheney Train (September 6, 1875 – December 22, 1945), also called Arthur Chesney Train, was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawye ...

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produced and

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distributed the film.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''His Children's Children''
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Cast

* Bebe Daniels as Diane * James Rennie as Lloyd Maitland * Dorothy Mackaill as Sheila *

Hale Hamilton Hale Rice Hamilton (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942) was an American actor, writer and producer. Biography Hamilton was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) Hamilton's Broadway debut w ...

as Rufus Kayne * George Fawcett as Peter B. Kayne *Kathryn Lean as Claudia *

Mahlon Hamilton Mahlon Preston Hamilton, Jr. (June 15, 1880 – June 20, 1960), was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of four children, with the rest of the siblings being girls. Census ...

as Larry Devereaux *

Mary Eaton Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was an American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s, probably best known today from her appearance in the first Marx Brothers film, ''The Cocoanuts'' (1929). A profession ...

as Mercedes * Warner Oland as Dr. Dahl * John Davidson as Florian * Lawrence D'Orsay as Mr. Pepperill * Sally Crute as Mrs. Wingate *Joseph Burke as Uncle Billy McGaw *Templar Powell as Lord Harrowdale *

Dora Mills Adams Dora Mills Adams (October 24, 1874 – July 31, 1943) was an American film actress. She is best known for her appearance in the short film '' Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde'' as Mrs. Lanyon. Career Mills entered the New York film industry near its ...

as Mrs. Rufus Kayne * H. Cooper Cliffe as Attorney Krabfleisch ''unbilled cast'' * Jack Oakie - *

Betty Bronson Elizabeth Ada Bronson (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American film and television actress who began her career during the silent film era. Early years Bronson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Frank and Nellie Smith Brons ...

- *Kit Wain

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