The Family Skeleton
The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.
1918 | 50m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Victor Schertzinger, Jerome Storm |
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| Writer: | Bert Lennon, Thomas H. Ince |
| Staring: |
| Wealthy young Billy Bates's greatest fear is that he has inherited his family curse: drink. But when he falls for a beautiful showgirl from the Ziegfeld Follies, she shows him he has nothing to fear. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 31, 1918 |
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| Director: | Victor Schertzinger, Jerome Storm |
| Writer: | Bert Lennon, Thomas H. Ince |
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| Keywords | library of congress, preserved gosfilmofond, russian film archive. |
| Production Companies | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 20, 2026 Entered: May 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Charles Ray | Billy Bates |
| Sylvia Breamer | Poppy Drayton |
| Andrew Arbuckle | Dr. Griggs |
| William Elmer | 'Spider' Doyle |
| Otto Hoffman | Billy's Valet |
| Jack Dyer | Wheeler |
| Name | Job |
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| Chester A. Lyons | Director of Photography |
| Bert Lennon | Writer |
| G. Harold Percival | Art Direction |
| Victor Schertzinger | Director |
| Jerome Storm | Director |
| Thomas H. Ince | Writer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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