His House in Order
Cast & Crew
Hugh Ford
Elsie Ferguson
Holmes Herbert
Vernon Steele
Margaret Linden
Marie Burke
Film Details
Synopsis
Nina Graham, left penniless after the sudden death of her father, accepts a position as governess to Derek Jesson, the young son of parliament member Filmer Jesson. When Annabelle, his wife, is killed in an auto accident on the eve of her elopement with an army officer, Filmer, observing Derek's fondness for his governess, proposes to Nina. While honeymooning in Paris, Filmer becomes outraged when his wife insists upon attending a fancy dress ball, and begins to compare Nina unfavorably to his first wife. When they return to England, Nina overhears Filmer confiding to his brother Hillary that he has made a mistake in marrying her, and she prepares to leave. Luckily, before her departure, Filmer discovers some old love letters which betray Annabelle's infidelity, and he finally realizes that with Nina his house is truly in order.
Director
Hugh Ford
Cast
Elsie Ferguson
Holmes Herbert
Vernon Steele
Margaret Linden
Marie Burke
Lawrence Johnson
William P. Carlton
Forrest Robinson
Jane Jennings
Lewis Sealy
Regis Collins
Inez Borrero
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A Parisian ballroom set was built at the then-defunct Triangle studios in Yonkers, NY for this production. Other scenes were shot in and around New York City and at the home of George Marshall Allen in Convent, NJ. Pinero's play was also the basis for a 1928 British film starring Tallulah Bankhead and Ian Hunter and directed by Randle Ayrton.
