news news The Family Skeleton 1918 50 min Drama, Comedy Wealthy young Billy Bates's greatest fear is that he has inherited his family curse: drink. But when he falls for a beautiful showgirl from the Ziegfeld Follies, she shows him he has nothing to fear. watched want to watch oscars director Victor Schertzinger, Jerome Storm writers Thomas H. Ince, Bert Lennon news ✕ loading… cast Charles Ray Billy Bates Sylvia Breamer Poppy Drayton Andrew Arbuckle Dr. Griggs William Elmer 'Spider' Doyle Otto Hoffman Billy's Valet J Jack Dyer Wheeler