After the Fog is a 1929 pre-Code drama film directed by Leander De Cordova and starring Mary Philbin, Edmund Burns and Carmelita Geraghty.Munden p. 9 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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