Accused (1925 film)

Accused
Accused
Directed by	Dell Henderson
Written by	Roy Briant
Produced by	Jesse J. Goldburg
Starring	Marcella Daly ; Eric Mayne ; Charles Delaney
Production; company	Independent Pictures
Distributed by	Independent Pictures
Release date	December 3, 1925;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated September 07, 2025

Accused is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Marcella Daly, Eric Mayne, and Charles Delaney.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Helen, reared as the daughter of the kindly Cyrus Braidwood, discovers that her real father is the crook Lait Rodman, overwhom Braidwood holds a confession of complicity in the death of his wife. Rodman obtains possession of the incriminating document. Helen secretly enters Rodman's apartment to search for the vanished paper and encounters Steve Randall, a wealthy young bachelor. Each takes the other as being a crook. They become trapped in the thieves' underground den which becomes flooded, and they barely escape. Matters are finally adjusted and the two agree to wed.

Cast

Marcella Daly as Helen
Eric Mayne as Cyrus Braidwood
Charles Delaney as Steve Randall
Charles K. Gerrard as Lait Rodman
Miss DuPont as Rose Bailey
Sheldon Lewis as Bull McLeod
Spottiswoode Aitken as Eagle Eye

Preservation

A complete copy of Accused is held by the Library of Congress.^[3]

References

↑ Connelly p. 317
↑ Pardy, George T. (January 16, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Accused", Motion Picture News, 33 (3), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 304, retrieved January 15, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Accused". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2025.

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Accused at IMDb

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[1] Connelly p. 317

[2] Pardy, George T. (January 16, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Accused", Motion Picture News, 33 (3), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 304, retrieved January 15, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[3] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Accused". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2025.

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