''Dark Secrets'' is a 1923 American silent feature

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an A ...

and starring Dorothy Dalton.Progressive Silent Film List: ''Dark Secrets''
at silentera.com"SATURDAY — DOROTHY DALTON and ROBERT ELLIS in DARK SECRETS / A thrilling adventure in Love" (''The Afro American'', July 13, 1923, p.5)
/ref> It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a

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Synopsis

Cast

* Dorothy Dalton as Ruth Rutherford * Robert Ellis as Lord Wallington *

José Ruben José Ruben (December 8, 1884 – April 28, 1969)New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturlization Records, 1794-1943 for Jose Ruben, Southern District, New York, (Roll 0162), Petition No. 22314, retrieved from Ancestry.com was a French-born actor ...

as Dr. Mohammed Ali * Ellen Cassidy as Mildred Rice *

Pat Hartigan Pat Hartigan (born 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played for his local club South Liberties and at senior level for the Limerick county team in the 1970s. He is regarded as one of Limerick's greatest-ever players. Early and private l ...

as Biskra *

Warren Cook Warren Cook (May 23, 1878 – May 2, 1939) was an American film actor of the silent era. Cook was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1901, he appeared in ''The Shaughraun'' at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. He was part of the stock co ...

as Dr. Case *

Julia Swayne Gordon Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith; October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933) was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933. Early years Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio to Louis and Anna Smith and was ...

as Mrs. Rutherford

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1923 films Films directed by Victor Fleming American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1923 drama films Silent American drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub