The Law Forbids | |
Director: | Jess Robbins |
Screenplay: | Lois Zellner Ford Beebe |
Story: | Bernard McConville |
Starring: | Baby Peggy Robert Ellis Elinor Fair Winifred Bryson James Corrigan Anna Dodge |
Studio: | Universal Pictures |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 60 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Law Forbids is a 1924 American drama film directed by Jess Robbins and written by Lois Zellner and Ford Beebe. The film stars Baby Peggy, Robert Ellis, Elinor Fair, Winifred Bryson, James Corrigan, and Anna Dodge. The film was released on April 7, 1924, by Universal Pictures.[1] [2] [3] [4]
As described in a film magazine review,[5] playwright Paul Remsen and his wife Rhoda separate. Rhoda takes their daughter Peggy with her to live in the country, where Peggy has a pet rooster named Alexander. Peggy makes her way to New York City in search of her father. He has become entangled with a vamp actress Inez Lamont, who is in a new play he has written. The child wanders first backstage and then onto the stage on the opening night of the production. Through her a reconciliation occurs between the parents.
A Universal Pictures publication showing the cast for the film includes Robert Bolder, Merta Sterling, and Vola Vale, who may all have had uncredited roles, possibly in the stage production.[6]
An incomplete copy of The Law Forbids is held in a film collection in the Netherlands.[7]