The Silent Stranger (1924 film)

The Silent Stranger
Poster
Directed byAlbert S. Rogell
Written by
Produced byHarry Joe Brown
Starring
CinematographyRoss Fisher
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • April 21, 1924 (1924-04-21)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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

References

  1. ^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Silent Stranger at silentera.com
  3. ^ 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2


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