SILENT FILMS 1920s: A VOICE IN THE DARK (1921)

CREDITS

Released: June 5, 1921

Production Company: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Featured Cast: Ramsey Wallace, Irene Rich, Alec B. Francis, Alan Hale, Ora Carew, William Scott, Richard Tucker, Alice Hollister, Gertrude Norman, James Neill

Director: Frank Lloyd

Writers: Ralph E. Dyar (play), Arthur F. Statter

TECH

Runtime 50 min (USA)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (5 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

STORY

Mayhem abounds for two sisters , who both are engaged on the same day: Adele Walton to the scandalous Dr. Hugh Sainsbury, and Blanche, the elder, to Assistant District Attorney Harlan Day. Both girls are suspected of murder when Sainsbury is found shot. Blanche has a motive: Sainsbury nearly dishonored her, and she would prevent his marriage to her sister. The day is by two witnesses, one deaf and the other blind, who reside at the sanitarium where Sainsbury worked, the mystery is solved and the murderer is revealed to be Amelia Ellingham, a nurse at the sanitarium, whom Sainsbury had seduced and failed to marry.
Written By: Pamela Short