The Broken Silence is a feature-length 1922 American film.[1] An adaptation of a short story by James Oliver Curwood[2], it was directed by Dell Henderson[3] for Pine Tree Pictures productions, and distributed by Arrow Film Corp.[4] The Broken Silence is a melodrama love story involving a murder and devoted siblings, set in Canada's Northwest.[5][6] Thomas F. Fallon adapted the screenplay.[7]
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Premise
editA 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, but she isn't the real culprit.
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
Reception
editTV Guide noted that "With the possible exception of Zena Keefe, a former ingenue with the pioneering Vitagraph company, and veteran character actor J. Barney Sherry, The Broken Silence featured a cast of complete unknowns."[8]
References
edit- ^ Connelly, Robert B. (January 17, 1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. ISBN 9780913204368 – via Google Books.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Langman, Larry (March 30, 1998). American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-30657-0.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Broken Silence". TVGuide.com. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
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.