The Nest is a 1927

1927 in film

-Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...

 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by William Nigh

William Nigh

William Nigh was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin....

. It is based on the play Les Noces d'Argent by Paul Géraldy].

Plot

A mother discovers her daughter Susan is marrying an insufferable social-climber. Already being horrified by the idea, she also finds out her son Martin has gone into a life of crime. She decides to head to Paris to forget about her domestic troubles. She marries Richard Elliot, the executor of her late husband's estate.

Cast

• Pauline Frederick
  Pauline Frederick
  Pauline Frederick was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her motion picture work.-Early years:...
  
   - Mrs. Hamilton
• Holmes Herbert
  Holmes Herbert
  Holmes Herbert was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952.Born as 'Horace Jenner', Holmes Herbert emigrated to the United States in 1912. He was the first son of Ned Herbert , who worked as and actor/comedian in the English Theatre...
  
   - Richard Elliot
• Thomas Holding - Archer Hamilton
• Ruth Dwyer - Susan Hamilton
• Reginald Sheffield
  Reginald Sheffield
  Reginald Sheffield was an English-born actor.He was born as Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan in the St. George Hanover Square District of Surrey near London, to Matthew Sheffield Cassan and Alice Mary Field...
  
   - Martin Hamilton
• Rolland Flander - Monroe
• Jean Acker
  Jean Acker
  Jean Acker was an American film actress with a career dating from the silent film era through the 1950s. She was perhaps best known as the estranged wife of silent film star Rudolph Valentino.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Belle Madison
• Wilfred Lucas
  Wilfred Lucas
  Wilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue...
  
  - Howard Hardy