Hangmans House (1928)

Forced by her meanspirited father Lord Chief Justice James OBrien to marry a man she doesnt love Connaught OBrien 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 thenunknown John Wayne is clearly visible