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The Family Skeleton(1918)
Status: Released
Date: 1918-03-31
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The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.
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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.
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United States of America
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Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Movie: The Family Skeleton
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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
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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.
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1918-03-31
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The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.
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