''The Dark Road'' is a 1917 American silent

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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Charles Miller and starring

Dorothy Dalton Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago; Te ...

, Robert McKim and John Gilbert.Conelly p.59 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Brunton The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

. It is set in England during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, where the adulterous wife of a British army officer becomes entangled with a German spy.

Cast

as Cleo Morrison * Robert McKim as Carlos Costa *

Jack Livingston Jack Livingston (born Harold Antill Livingston; November 29, 1885 – February 27, 1944) was a film actor in the United States. He starred in several films including alongside Jane Novak in '' The Golden Trail''. He appeared in at least 44 feat ...

as Capt. James Morrison * John Gilbert as Cedric Constable *

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

as Sir John Constable *

Lydia Knott Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937. Biography Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Kn ...

as Lady Mary Constable

References

Bibliography

* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American spy drama films American black-and-white films Triangle Film Corporation films Films directed by Charles Miller Films set in England 1910s spy drama films 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{1910s-US-film-stub