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Vola Vale and William S. Hart.
Photo: Silent Era low-res collection. |
The Silent Man
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart
Cast: William S. Hart [‘Silent’ Budd Marr], Vola Vale [Betty Bryce], Robert McKim [‘Handsome’ Jack Pressley], Harold Goodwin [David Bryce], J.P. Lockney [‘Grubstake’ Higgins], George P. Nichols [‘Preaching’ Bill Hardy], Gertrude Claire [Mrs. Hardy], Milton Ross [Ames Mitchell], Dorcas Matthews [Topaz]
William S. Hart Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation [Paramount Pictures Corporation]. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon. Assistant director Lambert Hillyer. Cinematography by Joe August. / © 14 November 1917. Released 26 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, and in the Film Preservation Associates film collection (Blackhawk Films collection) [35mm fine-grain restoration positive (from a 35mm nitrate positive and a 16mm reduction positive)].
Listing updated: 23 July 2006.
References: Koszarski-Hart pp. ix, xix, 77-80; Limbacher-Feature p. 223 : Website-NFPF.
Home Video: DVD.
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