The Silent Stranger (1924 film)

The Silent Stranger
The Silent Stranger
	Poster
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Written by	Marion Jackson; Stuart Heisler ;
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Fred Thomson; Hazel Keener; Frank Hagney;
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Production; company	Film Booking Offices of America
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	April 21, 1924;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Silent Stranger is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Hazel Keener, and Frank Hagney.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Jack Taylor, a supposed deaf-mute, arrives in Valley City snooping about in apparently aimless fashion, thereby winning recognition among the townspeople as "The Silent Stranger." Mail thefts have occurred and Dad Warner, postmaster, is threatened with discharge. Taylor suspects Sleeman, Warner's clerk, as being behind the thefts. Taylor is captured by the gang, escapes, stops another robbery, and saves Warner's daughter Lillian from the bandits. Taylor, who is really a United States Secret Service man charged with ending the mail thefts, brings about the arrest of the gang and wins the affection of the young woman.

Cast

Fred Thomson as Jack Taylor
Hazel Keener as Lillian Warner
George B. Williams as 'Dad' Warner, Postmaster
Richard Headrick as Laddie Warner
Frank Hagney as Dick Blackwell
Horace B. Carpenter as Sheriff Sam Hull
Bud Osborne as Law Sleeman, Postal Clerk
Bob Reeves as Deputy Sheriff 'Shorty' Turner
George Nichols as Silas Horton, Banker

References

^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Silent Stranger at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (April 26, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Silent Stranger". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 36. Retrieved November 17, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.