Silence (1931 Film)
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''Silence'' is a 1931 American
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crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
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
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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

* Clive Brook as Jim Warren * Marjorie Rambeau as Mollie Burke * Peggy Shannon as Norma Davis / Norma Powers * Charles Starrett as Arthur Lawrence *
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 * John Wray as Harry Silvers * Frank Sheridan as Joel Clarke *Paul Nicholson as Walter Pritchard *John M. Sullivan as Father Ryan * Ben Taggart as Alderman Conners *
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 *
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 * Robert Homans as Detective


See also

* '' The House That Shadows Built'' (1931 Paramount promotional film with excerpts of ''Silence'')


References


External links

* 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 {{1930s-crime-film-stub