The Silent Master Explained

The Silent Master
Director:	Léonce Perret
Starring:	Robert Warwick
Studio:	Robert Warwick Film
Distributor:	Selznick Distributing Corporation
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Silent Master is a 1917 American drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Robert Warwick. The film is an adaption of The Court of St. Simon by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Plot

A young Parisian dancer witnesses the ruin of a man's life due to betrayal.^[1]

Cast

• Robert Warwick as Valentin, Marquis de Sombreuil, or Monsieur Simon
• Olive Tell as Virginia Arlen
• Donald Gallaher as Eugene de Presles
• Anna Little as Jacqueline
• Juliette Moore as Juliette
• Henri Valbel as Robert
• Valentine Petit as Mrs. Carlingford
• George Clarke as Mr. Carlingford
• Juliette Moore as Juliette

Preservation

It's now a lost film.^[2]

Reception

A critic for Moving Picture World wrote, "The production is well made and is of a distinctively melodramatic type."^[3]

External links

• • allmovie

Notes and References

1. Shorey . Jerome . June 1917 . The Silent Master . . New York . Photoplay Publishing Co. . May 30, 2016 .
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9168/ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Silent Master
3. . Comments on the Films . . New York . Paramount Pictures, Corp. . June 16, 1917 . May 30, 2016 .