The Seal of Silence | |
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Directed by | Thomas R. Mills |
Written by | William Addison Lathrop |
Produced by | Vitagraph Company of America Albert E. Smith |
Starring | Earle Williams Bobby Connelly |
Distributed by | Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E) |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | USA |
The Seal of Silence is a lost [1] 1918 silent feature film. [2] It was directed by Thomas R. Mills and starred Earle Williams. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. [3]
Not to be confused with a 1913 film of the same name by Mutual.
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Companionate Marriage was a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Betty Bronson, and released by First National Pictures.
Say It with Diamonds is a 1927 American silent drama film starring Betty Compson and Earle Williams, an early Vitagraph leading man and matinee idol. Directed by Jack Nelson and Arthur Gregor, this film is Williams's final screen performance before his death in April 1927.
Ashes of Embers is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Kaufman and Edward José. It was produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Pauline Frederick is the star of the picture. She plays two characters who are possibly twin sisters.
William Pitt Striker Earle was an American director of the silent film era. He attended Columbia University and worked for a time as a photographer before breaking into the movie business by sneaking onto the lot of Vitagraph Company of America to observe how directors worked. After a few days of this, Earle approached the studio president and was given his first movie to direct, For the Honor of the Crew, a short about a crew race at Columbia University. He subsequently directed a number of features and shorts for Vitagraph. Later he worked with producer David O. Selznick. Earle founded his own, short-lived production company called Amex Production Corporation with J. S. Joffe, and shot the final two films of his career in Mexico.
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The Faker is a 1929 American silent melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, and Warner Oland, and was released on January 2, 1929.
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The Beautiful Lie is a 1917 American silent drama film, directed by John W. Noble. It stars Frances Nelson, Harry S. Northrup, and Edward Earle, and was released on May 21, 1917. It tells the tale of a woman whose reputation is sullied, and then recovered. It received mostly positive reviews, and the performances by the three stars were all given high marks for their work, particularly Nelson. As of 2024, it is considered a lost film.
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The Money Changers is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert McKim, Claire Adams, and Roy Stewart. It is based on a 1908 novel by Upton Sinclair.
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The Black Gate is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by Theodore Marston and starring Earle Williams, Ruth Clifford, Harry Spingler, J. Parks Jones, and Clarissa Selwynne. The film was released by Vitagraph Company of America in November 1919.
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Restless Souls is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Robert Ensminger and starring Earle Williams, Francelia Billington and Arthur Hoyt.
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