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Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Norbert Brodine

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Frank Lloyd

Story by
  
Mary Roberts Rinehart

Duration
  

The Silent Watcher The Silent Watcher Moments In Stillness

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
1924 (1924)

Based on
  
The Altar on the Hill  by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Writer
  
J.G. Hawks, Mary Roberts Rinehart

Genres
  
Melodrama, Silent film, Drama film

Cast
  
Bessie Love
(Mary),
Hobart Bosworth
(John Steele),
George Nichols
(Jim Tufts),
Gertrude Astor
(Mrs Steele),
Glenn Hunter
(Joe Roberts)

Similar movies
  
Related Frank Lloyd movies

The Silent Watcher is a lost 1924 silent melodrama film directed by Frank Lloyd. It stars Glenn Hunter and Bessie Love.

Contents

Plot

A lawyer (Bosworth) running for Congress decides to end his relationship with a showgirl (Bennett), so that he will be more presentable candidate. When the showgirl commits suicide, the police arrest the lawyer for murder. The lawyer's young secretary (Hunter) decides to take the blame for his employer by saying that he was the one in a relationship with the showgirl. However, this upsets his new bride (Love), who leaves him. The secretary is cleared of guilt when the truth of the showgirl's death is made known, but decides to commit suicide himself because he no longer has the woman he loves. As a final act of love, he cleans their home, when he is interrupted by her return, and the news that his former employer has been elected to Congress.

Cast

  • Glenn Hunter as Joe Roberts
  • Bessie Love as Mary Roberts
  • Hobart Bosworth as Senator John Steele
  • Alma Bennett as Lily Elliott, a showgirl
  • Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Steele
  • George Nichols as Jim Tufts
  • Aggie Herring as Mrs. Tufts
  • Lionel Belmore as Barnes
  • DeWitt Jennings as Detective Stuart
  • Brandon Hurst as Reporter Herrold
  • Release and reception

    Stills of Alma Bennett's dance number featured prominently in the promotion of the film. On its release, it was shown in some theaters with the Mack Sennett comedy The Wild Goose Chaser, as well as The Color World. Other theaters showed the film with the comedy Turn About.

    Glenn Hunter and Bessie Love received high praise for their performances, as did the screenplay. Although the film itself was deemed tedious in parts, the overall reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

    References

    The Silent Watcher Wikipedia
    The Silent Watcher IMDb