SILENT FILMS 1920s: THE SILENT WATCHER (1924)

CREDITS

Released: October 5, 1924

Production Company: Frank Lloyd Productions

Distributor: First National Pictures

Featured Cast: Glenn Hunter, Bessie Love, Hobart Bosworth, Gertrude Astor, George Nichols, Aggie Herring, Lionel Belmore, DeWitt Jennings, Alma Bennett, Brandon Hurst, Mademoiselle Suzette, David Murray, Pat Harmon

Director: Frank Lloyd

Cinematographer: Norbert Brodine

Editor: Edward M. Roskam

Set Decorator: John Hughes

Costume Designer: Eve Roth

Technical Director: John J. Roth

Writers: Mary Roberts Rinehart (story),  J.G. Hawks(adaptation)

STORY

Joe Roberts is devoted to his wife, Mary, and fiercely loyal to United States Senate candidate John Steele, by whom he is employed as secretary. Mary does not share her husband’s enthusiasm for Steele and believes Joe false to her when actress Lily Elliott dies in an apartment rented in Joe’s name. Even under charge of murder and a police “third degree” Joe does not reveal that Lily’s affair was with Steele, an unhappily married man; he remains silent in the mistaken belief that Barnes, Steele’s campaign manager, has told Mary the truth. When Joe is finally released, Mary is gone, but Steele learns of the situation after he is elected and then reunites the couple.

TECH

Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

BESSIE LOVE HELPS FRANK CUT THE CAKE

See how films were marketed in 1924:

 “Here’s a Birthday Present from First National” is the title of this Exhibitor’s Trade Review article.