The Broken Silence is a feature-length 1922 American film.[1] It is an adaptation of a James Oliver Curwood novel. It was directed by Dell Henderson.[2] It was a Pine Tree Pictures production distributed by Arrow Film Corp.[3] A melodrama love story involving a murder and devoted siblings, it is set in Canada's northwest.[4] Thomas F. Fallon adapted the screenplay.
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Plot edit
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A brother and sister posing as husband and wife to gel in as a normal couple in the Canadian Northwest are suspects in the murder of an inspector, who had killed their parents. Thinking that his sister has killed the inspector, the brother confesses to the crime to protect her. Except that she hasn't killed him.
Cast edit
- Zena Keefe as Jeanne Marat
- Robert Elliott as Bruce Cameron
- J. Barney Sherry as Inspector Brandt
- Jack Hopkins as Pierre Marat
- Jack Drumier as Indian Joe
References edit
- ^ Connelly, Robert B. (January 17, 1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. ISBN 9780913204368 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Broken Silence (1922)". BFI. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (January 17, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
Bibliography edit
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
