The Valley of Silent Men
About The Valley of Silent Men
Corporal James Kent of the Mounted, wounded, finds his friend Jacques Radison standing over a strangled man and takes the blame, thinking he himself is dying. He recovers and Inspector Kedsty arrests him. Marette Radison, Jacques's sister, learns why he lied and gets him out of Kedsty's house. She leads him toward the Valley of Silent Men. Kedsty is shot that night, and Kent is blamed again. On the trail they are separated. At her cabin her father, Pierre, confesses: he strangled the men who had attacked his wife years before. Alma Rubens plays Marette. Lew Cody plays Kent.
Cast & crew
More about The Valley of Silent Men
Frank Borzage directed. John Lynch wrote the script from James Oliver Curwood's novel. Chester A. Lyons photographed. Cosmopolitan produced it. Paramount released it on September 10, 1922. Joe King plays Buck O'Connor. Mario Majeroni plays Pierre. George Nash plays Kedsty. J. W. Johnston plays Jacques. It is not known whether a complete print survives.
Themes
Look
Chester A. Lyons photographed the northern chase.
Preservation
It is not known whether the film survives complete.
Notes
- Kent is a corporal, not a sergeant named O'Neill. Marette's surname is Radison.
- Paramount distributed a Cosmopolitan production. It is not a Fox picture.
- The AFI cast list is the source for the names.
- Wikipedia says survival of a complete print is not established.
Scenes
- Kent, expecting to die, takes the blame for the strangling.
- Pierre confesses at the cabin that he killed the men.
Influenced by
- James Oliver Curwood's novel The Valley of Silent Men
