Silence (1926 film)

Silence is a 1926 American silent crime drama film directed by Rupert Julian and starring Vera Reynolds, H.B. Warner, and Raymond Hatton.^[1] Reynolds plays a dual role of a mother and, at a later date, her daughter. Long thought lost, a print was rediscovered in 2016.

Silence
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Directed by	Rupert Julian
Written by	Beulah Marie Dix Bertram Millhauser
Based on	Silence by Max Marcin
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Vera Reynolds H.B. Warner Raymond Hatton
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Claude Berkeley
Production company	DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	April 25, 1926 (1926-04-25)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Silence (1926)

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Parker.

Cast

• Vera Reynolds as Norma Drake / Norma Powers
• H.B. Warner as Jim Warren
• Raymond Hatton as Harry Silvers
• Jack Mulhall as Arthur Lawrence
• Rockliffe Fellowes as Phil Powers
• Virginia Pearson as Millie Burke
• Violet N. Cane as Little Norma at 6 years old (uncredited)
• Vondell Darr as Flower Girl (uncredited)
• Virginia Marshall as Flower Girl (uncredited)
• Josephine Norman as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of Silence are located in the Archives du Film du CNC at Bois d'Arcy and the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.^[2]

References

1. Goble p. 953
2. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 9783110951943

External links

• Silence at IMDb
• Silence on Vimeo
• Synopsis at AllMovie