The Price of Silence (1916)
50m
Running Time
December 11, 1916Release Date
The Price of Silence (1916)
50m
Running Time
December 11, 1916Release Date
Plot.
A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.
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This Movie Is About.
blackmail
illegitimacy
Wiki.
The Price of Silence is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Ida May Park, based on the short story by W. Carey Wonderly. A print is housed at the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy. A still also exists showing Chaney in his role of the blackmailing Dr. Stafford. There were four other silent films entitled The Price of Silence, but this was the only one released in 1916.