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The Silent Witness (1917)

The Silent Witness poster
Directed by
Harry Lambart
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is caught up in a dramatic situation involving a secret. The film follows her as events unfold based on a stage play.

melodramaticold-fashionedtheatricalstaidslowseriousrestrained

What happens

The Silent Witness is a 1917 American silent independent drama film directed by Harry Lambart and starring Gertrude McCoy, Frank O'Connor and Jack Sherrill. It was based on the 1916 Broadway play The Silent Witness by Otto Hauerbach. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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