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The Silent Witness (1917)

ALL 09/01/1917 (en) 0 Min
  • Release
    09/01/1917
  • Production
    Authors' Film Company
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Silent Witness
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Janet Rigsby loves Richard Morgan, a Denver college student, but loses him when he is caught in a fire. Shortly after Richard's presumed demise, Janet leaves her home and bears a son out of wedlock. Over the years, she struggles to make ends meet while raising Bud, her son, on her own. Although her savings are small, Janet manages to send Bud to college. Chastised for his poverty and illegitimate birth, Bud, who is in love with the college gardener's daughter, suffers the ridicule of his peers and eventually comes to blows with and threatens one particular boy for insulting his mother. In the ensuing confrontation, the boy is killed and Bud is arrested for the crime. During the course of the trial, Bud discovers that the district attorney is Richard Morgan, his father. The testimony of one expert witness reveals how the murder in truth was committed, and a liberated Bud happily reunites with his mother and new-found father.

  1. Harry Lambart

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Gertrude McCoy

    Helen Hastings

  2. Frank O'Connor

    Richard Morgan

  3. Edwin Forsberg

    John Pellman

  4. Junius Matthews

    Bud Morgan

  5. Alphie James

    Sarah Blakely

  6. Jack Sherrill

    Travers

  7. Fred Graham

    Rigsby

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Casts : 7 , Crews : 2

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The Silent Witness (1917) 0 Min

ALL 09/01/1917 (en)
  • Release 09/01/1917
  • Production
    Authors' Film Company
  • Original title The Silent Witness
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Janet Rigsby loves Richard Morgan, a Denver college student, but loses him when he is caught in a fire. Shortly after Richard's presumed demise, Janet leaves her home and bears a son out of wedlock. Over the years, she struggles to make ends meet while raising Bud, her son, on her own. Although her savings are small, Janet manages to send Bud to college. Chastised for his poverty and illegitimate birth, Bud, who is in love with the college gardener's daughter, suffers the ridicule of his peers and eventually comes to blows with and threatens one particular boy for insulting his mother. In the ensuing confrontation, the boy is killed and Bud is arrested for the crime. During the course of the trial, Bud discovers that the district attorney is Richard Morgan, his father. The testimony of one expert witness reveals how the murder in truth was committed, and a liberated Bud happily reunites with his mother and new-found father.

  1. Harry Lambart

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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