The Whispering Chorus
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| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Written by | Jeanie MacPherson |
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| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Starring | Raymond Hatton |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Edited by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Production Template:Pluralize from text | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Silent (English intertitles) |
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The Whispering Chorus is a 1918 American silent psychological drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.[1] It is the first and earliest film considered a psychological drama.[2][3]
Plot
John Tremble (Hatton), an impoverished cashier in a contracting concern, listens to the voice of evil and succumbs to temptation, stealing $1000 from his employer. When he begins to fear detection, he runs away and hides on an isolated island where he becomes a piece of human driftwood. While fishing he finds the body of a dead man and, again listening to the voice of evil, he exchanges clothes and then mutilates the head of the corpse, to suggest he himself has been murdered. The finding of the body is reported to his family and Tremble begins life anew. The police search for the murderer and Tremble is finally brought to trial. Meanwhile, Jane Tremble (Williams), his former wife, has married the state governor and does not recognize John Tremble when she sees him in court. After a dramatic trial, John Tremble is found guilty of his own murder. He nobly meets death in the electric chair rather than bring unhappiness to his former wife.[4]
Cast
- Raymond Hatton as John Tremble
- Kathlyn Williams as Jane Tremble
- Edythe Chapman as John Tremble's mother
- Elliott Dexter as George Coggeswell
- Noah Beery as Longshoreman
- Guy Oliver as Chief McFarland
- John Burton as Charles Barden
- Tully Marshall as F.P. Clumley
- William H. Brown as Stauberry
- James Neill as Channing
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Mocking Face
- Walter Lynch as Evil Face
- Edna Mae Cooper as Good Face
- Julia Faye as Girl in Shanghai Dive (uncredited)
- Jack Mulhall as Priest (uncredited)
- Charles Ogle as Judge (uncredited)
Reception
Like many American films of the time, The Whispering Chorus was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 2, a closeup of the alteration of the ledger, theft of money, Reel 4, striking man in face with bottle, two scenes of young woman in kimono enticing man and pulling him towards room, Reel 5, policeman striking man in face twice, and, Reel 7, two scenes of pulling lever for electric chair.[5]
Preservation
Complete prints of The Whispering Chorus are held by the George Eastman Museum (on 35 mm film), the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the Academy Film Archive and the BFI.[6]
See also
- The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Progressive Silent Film List: The Whispering Chorus". silentera.com. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Whispering Chorus (1918)". www.listal.com. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Whispering Chorus". afi.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reviews: The Whispering Chorus". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (16). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 25. April 13, 1918.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (17): 31. April 20, 1918.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."American Silent Feature Film Database: The Whispering Chorus". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
External links
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- The Whispering Chorus at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Kramer, Fritzi (February 9, 2014), The Whispering Chorus (1918) A Silent Film Review (with stills)
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