The Silent Voice (1915)

Directed by

William Bowman

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film from 1915 about a man whose life changes after a personal tragedy. It follows his journey as he finds a new purpose through observing others from a distance.

melodramaticquietsentimentalold-fashionedrestrainedstagedsomberslow-pacedtheatrical

What happens

The Silent Voice is a six-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1915 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The motion picture was directed by William J. Bowman and was adapted from the Jules Eckert Goodman play The Silent Voice by I. K. Freedman and Eve Unsell. Goodman’s play, that originally starred Otis Skinner, was based on the Gouverneur Morris short story, The Man Who Played God which also served as the geneses for the 1932 film The Man Who Played God and the 1955 Liberace vehicle, Sincerely Yours. The Silent Voice was released on September 13, 1915 with Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow in the principal roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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