Icebound is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and based on a 1923 Pulitzer Prize Broadway produced play of the same name by Owen Davis.
As described in a film magazine review,[4] a disillusioned Ben Jordan returns home following service in France during World War I and colors the dull life of his New England town by indulging in various dissipations.
His stern old mother lies in bed in her sick room, attended by her physician, while greedy relatives assemble in the parlor, waiting for her demise.
After her death, the relatives react with horrorstricken surprise when the family lawyer reads the will and self-sacrificing ward Jane Crosby is named as the sole heir.
Although he is at first attracted to his vamp cousin, Nettie Moore, Ben finally realizes that he loves Jane, and all ends well.