''Silence'' is a 1931 American
pre-Code
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crime film
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directed by
Louis J. Gasnier and
Max Marcin and written by Max Marcin, adapted from his play. The film stars
Clive Brook,
Marjorie Rambeau,
Peggy Shannon,
Charles Starrett,
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1924 to 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas and died in Hollywood, California.
Biography
Robertson first worked ...
,
John Wray and
Frank Sheridan. It was released on August 29, 1931, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Plot
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Cast
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Clive Brook as Jim Warren
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Marjorie Rambeau as Mollie Burke
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Peggy Shannon as Norma Davis / Norma Powers
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Charles Starrett as Arthur Lawrence
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Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson (January 1, 1886 – April 5, 1948) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1924 to 1948. He was born in Runnels, Texas and died in Hollywood, California.
Biography
Robertson first worked ...
as Phil Powers
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John Wray as Harry Silvers
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Frank Sheridan as Joel Clarke
*Paul Nicholson as Walter Pritchard
*John M. Sullivan as Father Ryan
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Ben Taggart as Alderman Conners
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Charles Trowbridge
Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1915 to 1958 principally playing patrician authority figures.
Biography
Trowbridge was born in Verac ...
as Mallory
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Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.
Biography
He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart ...
as Detective
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Robert Homans as Detective
See also
* ''
The House That Shadows Built'' (1931 Paramount promotional film with excerpts of ''Silence'')
References
External links
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1931 films
American crime films
1931 crime films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language crime films
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