Hangman's House (1928)

Hangman's House (1928)

Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue

Release Date: 1928, May 13
Directors: John Ford
Countries: United States of America
Production: Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Mary Gordon, John Wayne, Jack Pennick, Victor McLaglen, Eric Mayne, Hobart Bosworth, Joseph Burke, Larry Kent, June Collyer, Earle Foxe, Belle Stoddard

Overview:

Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't love, Connaught O'Brien gives up hope of ever with her true love, Dermot McDermot. After her father dies and a hunted rebel leader returns to town, however, Connaught finds a renewed hope that the tides of oppression will shift and she might again find happiness. This silent romantic drama, set in Ireland, is the first film in which a then-unknown John Wayne is clearly visible.