Secret Orders
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| Directed by | Chester Withey |
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| Cinematography | Roy H. Klaffki |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Secret Orders is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Harold Goodwin, Robert Frazer, and Evelyn Brent.[1] The film was set in World War I and contained what the Chester Times described as a "world of swift-flowing melodrama.[2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Janet Graham is cajoled into marrying Delano, who is a crook. During the War she obtains a position as a Secret Service agent under Bruce Corbin, in charge of scheduling transports. They fall in love. Delano is hired by the Germans and directed to obtain a list of transports sailing to Europe from Corbin's safe. He breaks in and forces Janet to accompany him. She warns a transport by radio to beware of a Hun submarine, which is then discovered and sunk. Corbin and guards rescue her and Delano is killed. Corbin and Janet wed.
Cast
- Harold Goodwin as Eddie Delano
- Robert Frazer as Bruce Corbin
- Evelyn Brent as Janet Graaham
- John Gough as Spike Slavin
- Margerie Bonner as Mary, Janet's friend
- Brandon Hurst as Butler
- Frank Leigh as Cook
References
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- ^ Kear & King p. 147
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wm. Penn Theatre". Chester Times. August 24, 1926. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pardy, George T. (March 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Secret Orders", Motion Picture News, 33 (13), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1420, retrieved April 11, 2023 Template:Source-attribution
Bibliography
- Lynn Kear & James King. Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. McFarland, 2009.
External links
- Secret Orders at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Lantern slide at emovieposter.com
