A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Silent Command
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7809 feet
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Edmund Lowe [Captain Richard Decatur], Belo Lugosi (Bela Lugosi) [Hisston], Carl Harbaugh [Menchen], Martin Faust [Cordoba], Gordon McEdward [Gridley], Byron Douglas [Admiral Nevins], Theodore Babcock [Admiral Meade], George Lessey [Mr. Collins], Warren Cook [Ambassador Mendizabal], Henry Armetta [Pedro], Rogers Keene [Jack Decatur], J.W. Jenkins [the butler], Alma Tell [Mrs. Richard Decatur], Martha Mansfield [Peg Williams, the vamp], Florence Martin [her maid], Betty Jewel [Dolores], Kate Blancke [Mrs. Nevins], Elizabeth Foley [Jill Decatur]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A J. Gordon Edwards Production]. / Scenario by Anthony Paul Kelly, from a screen story by Rufus King. Cinematography by George W. Lane. Presented by William Fox. / © 20 August 1923 by Fox Film Corporation [LP19411]. Released 19 August 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The was produced in cooperation with the United States Navy. The film was later cut to seven reels at 6820 feet.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 January 2024.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 581 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.