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The Guilt of Silence
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Elmer Clifton

Cast: Monroe Salisbury [Mathew ‘Silent’ Smith], Ruth Clifford [Mary], Alfred Allen [Harkness], Betty Schade [Amy], Sam de Grasse [‘Gambler Joe’]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / From the short story “Silent Smith” by Ethel Hill. Cinematography by Virgil E. Miller. / © 3 May 1918 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP12380]. Released 13 May 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Northwoods.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1732.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Alaska territory - Chases - Crime: Bigamy, Theft - Gamblers - Infants - Snow: Snowstorms

Listing updated: 16 October 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1732; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : ClasIm-240 pp. 46, 47 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.