The Very Idea

The Very Idea — Plot

The author of a book on eugenics attempts to prove his theories by having his childless sister and her husband adopt the child of a “physically superior” chauffeur and housemaid, leading to comedic complications when the parents refuse to give up their child.

• Release date
• September 15, 1929
• Runtime
• 65 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Frank Craven

The Very Idea — Cast

Frank Craven Alan Camp Sally Blane Nora Hugh Trevor Joe Garvin Olive Tell Marion Green

A

Allen Kearns Gilbert Goodhue Doris Eaton Edith Goodhue Theodore von Eltz George Green

J

Jeanne De Bard Dorothy Green