The Whistle
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About The Whistle
Robert Evans loses his son Danny to the machinery at Henry Chapple's plant. Chapple will not fix the condition that killed the boy. Evans takes Chapple's son Georgie and raises him on a workingman's schedule, the opposite of the house Georgie would have had. Years later Chapple finds Evans hurt and pays for the care. Mrs. Chapple grows attached to the boy. The Chapples ask to adopt him. Evans has to choose between the revenge and the mother's claim.
Cast & crew
More about The Whistle
Lambert Hillyer directed. May Wilmoth, Olin Lyman, and Hillyer wrote the screenplay. William S. Hart produced and plays Evans. Paramount released it in April 1921. Frank Brownlee plays Henry Chapple. Myrtle Stedman plays Mrs. Chapple. Joseph August photographed it.
Themes
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
A print is in the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Will Jim Hatton plays Danny. Georgie Stone plays Georgie Chapple. Richard Headrick is also billed.
- Hart's filmography page dates the release 27 March 1921. The film's Wikipedia page says April 1921.
- A print is in the Library of Congress.
Scenes
- Danny dies because Chapple will not change the plant.
- Evans takes Georgie and puts him to work.
- The Chapples ask to adopt the boy back.
