The House of Shame

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.

Plot

After stealing from his job, husband asks wife to "convince" his boss not to press charges.

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.