The Siren Call Explained

The Siren Call
Director:	Irvin Willat
Producer:	Adolph Zukor
Screenplay:	Philip D. Hurn Victor Irvin J.E. Nash
Starring:	Dorothy Dalton David Powell Mitchell Lewis Ed Brady Will Walling Leigh Wyant Lucien Littlefield
Cinematography:	Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
Studio:	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Siren Call is a 1922 American drama silent film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Philip D. Hurn, Victor Irvin and J.E. Nash. Starring Dorothy Dalton, David Powell, Mitchell Lewis, Ed Brady, Will Walling, Leigh Wyant and Lucien Littlefield, it was released on September 17, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Premise

A love triangle set against the gold rush days in Alaska.

Cast

• Dorothy Dalton as Charlotte Woods
• David Powell as Ralph Stevens
• Mitchell Lewis as Beauregard
• Ed Brady as Edward Brent
• Will Walling as Gore
• Leigh Wyant as Eleanor Du Bois
• Lucien Littlefield as Irishman
• George B. Williams as Judge Green

Preservation status

The film survives in the George Eastman House archive and in Moscow's Gosfilmofond archive.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The-Siren-Call - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306172149/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/110392/The-Siren-Call/overview. dead. March 6, 2016. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Janiss Garza. 2016. January 30, 2015.
2. Web site: The Siren Call. afi.com. January 30, 2015.
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1573/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Siren Call