The House of Shame

1928 film by Burton L. King

LeeDe Leon Anthony
Lee Authmar
Arthur Hoerl
Lon Young

Starring

Creighton Hale
Virginia Brown Faire
Lloyd Whitlock

CinematographyM.A. AndersonEdited byDe Leon Anthony

Production
company

Chesterfield Pictures

Distributed byChesterfield Pictures

Release date

October 1, 1928 (1928-10-01)

Running time

1 hourCountryUnited StatesLanguages

Silent
English intertitles

The House of Shame is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Creighton Hale, Virginia Brown Faire, and Lloyd Whitlock.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Creighton Hale as Harvey Baremore
Virginia Brown Faire as Druid Baremore
Lloyd Whitlock as John Kimball
Florence Dudley as Doris
Fred Walton as M. Fanchon
Carlton S. King as The Irate Husband
Julia Griffith as Country Club Gossip
George Kuwa as Kuwa, Kimball's Valet

Censorship

Like many American films of the time, The House of Shame was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot condoning a romantic relationship between a wife and her husband's employer, was banned by the Board of Review.^[3]

References

^ Pitts p. 85
^ http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HouseOfShame1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: The House of Shame] at silentera.com
^ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.

Bibliography

Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.