For the Defense (1922)
- Directed by
- Paul Powell
- Genre
- silent film, mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent mystery film about a lawyer who gets entangled in a crime case. Based on a Broadway play, the story follows events in and around a courtroom.
detectivecourtroomsuspensefuldatedmelodramaticplot-driven
What happens
For the Defense is a 1922 American silent mystery film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1919 Broadway play, For the Defense, by Elmer Rice. Ethel Clayton is the star of the film. Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Netherlands by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (or Nederlands Filmmuseum). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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