''The Silent Witness'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by Harry Lambart and starring

Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy (born Gertrude Lyon; June 30, 1890 – July 17, 1967) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 160 films between 1911 and 1926. McCoy was born in Rome, Georgia, on June 30, 1896, and she att ...

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and

Jack Sherrill Jack Sherrill (April 14 1898 – November 26, 1973) was an American film actor of the silent era. He was one of the leading players for the Frohman Amusement Company.Fox & Silver p.128 Selected filmography * ''The Conquest of Canaan'' (1916) * ' ...

.Marez p.191 It was based on the 1916

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play ''The Silent Witness'' by

Otto Hauerbach Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 Musical theater, musical comedies and operetta, operettas. Harbach collaborated as lyricist or librettist wi ...

Cast

as Helen Hastings *

as Richard Morgan * Edwin Forsberg as John Pellman *

Junius Matthews Junius Conyers Matthews (June 12, 1890 – January 18, 1978) was an American actor in films, theater, radio and television. He was the voice of Archimedes the Owl in Disney's '' The Sword in the Stone'' in 1963. He was also the original voice ...

as Bud Morgan *

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as Sarah Blakely * Helen May as Janet Rigsby * Roulef E. Cotton as Wilbur Weldon *

as Travers * A.J. Herbert as Norman Blakely * Fred Graham as Rigsby * Albert Phillips as Mr. Weldon

References

Bibliography

* Curtis Marez. ''University Babylon: Film and Race Politics on Campus''. Univ of California Press, 2019.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub