Goulding. The Family Secret. Directed by William A. Seiter. Miles of Smiles. Goulding Written and directed by Alfred J. Baby Peggy plays a pair of mischievous twins who go for a ride on the miniature railroad that once ringed Venice, California, in an example of the child star’s many short comedies. Preserved by The Museum of Modern Art, with support from the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation. Silent, with piano accompaniment by Ben Model. Directed by William A. Seiter Screenplay by Lois Zellner, based on a story by Frances Hodgson Burnett. With Baby Peggy Montgomery (Diana Serra Cary), Gladys Hulette, Edward Earle. Adapted from a children’s book by Burnett (The Little Princess, The Secret Garden), this 1. Baby Peggy, who, as Diana Serra Carey, remains very much with us today at the age of 9. A typical Burnett tale of a traumatic childhood leading to a compensatory discovery of independence and imagination, the material makes a surprisingly good fit for its young director, Seiter, who would go on to become one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors of character comedy (Sing and Like It, If You Could Only Cook). Preserved by The Library of Congress; courtesy Universal Pictures. The Family Secret is an early film adaptation of a popular 19th century melodrama. The plot concerns the daughter of a wealthy man who has secretly married a man. The plot concerns the daughter of a wealthy man who has secretly married a man below her station of whom her father violently disapproves. The father, in an excess of parental concern, separates the lovers by sending his daughter away so that she might forget her inamorata, unaware of their married state; during this time, she gives birth to a daughter. After some months, the young mother returns to her family manor and presents her father with his new granddaughter, which causes a most unfortunate scene. Unbeknownst to the young woman, her enraged father falsely accuses his son- in- law of theft and has him incarcerated in order to separate the lovers in an irrational attempt to force his daughter to forget this . Goulding The Family Secret. Directed by William A. Seiter Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 6:30 p.m.
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