The Writing on the Wall (1916)

Directed by

Tefft Johnson

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A theatrical story from an old play and novel set in 1909. The film follows characters involved with secrets and confrontations hinted at by a mysterious message.

silent-eratheatricaldramaticperiod-piecemysteriousslow-pacedseriousunderstated

What happens

The Writing on the Wall è un film muto del 1916 diretto da Tefft Johnson. La sceneggiatura di Marguerite Bertsch si basa sull'omonimo lavoro teatrale di Olga Nethersole (New York 26 aprile 1909) e sul romanzo The Writing on the Wall: A Novel Founded on Olga Nethersole's Play by William J. Hurlbut di Edward Marshall e William Hurlbut, pubblicato a New York nel 1909. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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