After the Fog

After the Fog is a 1929 pre-Code drama film directed by Leander De Cordova and starring Mary Philbin, Edmund Burns and Carmelita Geraghty. It was an early sound film, made during the transition from silent films. A separate silent version was also produced. It was Philbin's final acting role.

Plot

Joshua Barker and his family have tended a lighthouse for generations, and he wants his daughter Faith to remain in the area and marry a local fisherman. However she dreams of a more exciting life and is won over when a socialite arrives in a yacht. She marries him and this sends her father over the edge, leading him to attack her with an axe.

Cast

• Mary Philbin as Faith Barker
• Edmund Burns as John Temple
• Carmelita Geraghty as Winifred Blake
• Russell Simpson as Joshua Barker
• Margaret Seddon as Letitia Barker
• Allan Simpson as Phil Langhorne
• Joseph Bennett as Bill Reynolds

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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