The Silver Slave
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''The Silver Slave'' is a lost 1927 silent film drama directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Irene Rich. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers and a Vitaphone track of sound and effects was added,The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''The Silver Slave''
/ref> however there is no spoken dialogue.


Plot

Bernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth, turns down Richards' proposal after the death of her husband, and she is denounced by him as a slave to silver. Lavishing the greater part of her fortune on her daughter, Janet, Bernice determines to give her the advantages she herself lacked. Despite her mother's disapproval, Janet scorns the affection of Larry Martin, a lifelong friend, after meeting Philip Caldwell, a wealthy sophisticate. Worried over Janet's growing attachment to Philip, Bernice determines to win Caldwell from her daughter, and in a confrontation involving the girl and Richards, now a millionaire, Janet is disillusioned in her mother and Caldwell. Learning of her mother's sacrifice, Janet forgives her and finds happiness with Larry.


Cast

* Irene Rich as Bernice Randall *
Audrey Ferris Audrey Minerva Ferris (born Audrey Minerva Kellar; August 30, 1909 – May 3, 1990) was an American film actress of the silent film era of the late 1920s and into the early 1930s, a singer, and a dancer. Biography Born Audrey Minerva Kellar in ...
as Janet Randall * Holmes Herbert as Tom Richards * John Miljan as Philip Caldwell * Carroll Nye as Larry Martin


See also

* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)


References


External links

* * 1927 films American silent feature films Lost American drama films Films directed by Howard Bretherton Warner Bros. films 1927 drama films American black-and-white films Transitional sound drama films Silent American drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub