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| The Silent Power | |
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| Directed by | Frank O'Connor |
| Written by | James J. Tynan James Bell Smith |
| Produced by | Renaud Hoffman Samuel Sax |
| Starring | Ralph Lewis Ethel Shannon Charles Delaney |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
Production company | Camera Pictures |
| Distributed by | Lumas Film Corporation Gaumont British Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Silent Power is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Ethel Shannon and Charles Delaney.[1] It was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures.
Synopsis[edit]
The manager of a hydro-electric plant manages to secure his reckless college graduate son a job working on the construction of a new dam. He falls in love with a woman, but when her crazed brother kills his boss he is arrested and convicted for murder. Sentenced to the electric chair it seems that it will be the unfortunate duty of his father to supply the electricity that will execute his son.
Cast[edit]
- Ralph Lewis as John Rollins
- Ethel Shannon as Olive Spencer
- Charles Delaney as Rob Rollins
- Vadim Uraneff as Jerry Spencer
- Robert Homans as David Webster
References[edit]
- ^ Connelly p.255
Bibliography[edit]
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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