The Law Forbids
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6203 feet
Directed by Jess Robbins
Cast: Baby Peggy [Peggy], Robert Ellis [Paul Remsen], Elinor Fair [Rhoda Remsen], Winifred Bryson [Inez Lamont], James Corrigan [John Martin], Anna Hernandez (Anna Dodge) [Martha Martin], Joseph J. Dowling [the judge], Ned Sparks [Clyde Vernon], Eva Thatcher [Mrs. Grimes], Victor Potel [Joel Andrews], William E. Lawrence (W.E. Lawrence) [Monte Hanley], Hayden Stevenson [the defense lawyer], William Welch (William Welsh) [the plantiff’s lawyer], Bobby Bowes [the theatrical producer], Alexander [himself]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Lois Zellner and Ford I. Beebe, from a screen story by Bernard McConville. Cinematography by Charles E. Kaufman and Jack Stevens. / © 21 January 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP19844]. Released 7 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: The Right to Love and Settled Out of Court. The film was released in Finland on 26 April 1925.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: (unknown) : Rumors indicate that the film may have survived.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 October 2015.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 46; Lee-Not p. 68 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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