The Sign on the Door
1921 American silent drama film
- May 1921 (1921-05)
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The Sign on the Door is a 1921 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Lew Cody. The film was directed and written by Herbert Brenon, and based upon the 1919 play of the same name by Channing Pollock.[1] A copy of this film is in the Library of Congress film archive.[2]
A second adaptation of the play was filmed in 1929 as The Locked Door, starring Barbara Stanwyck.[3]
Plot
Cast
- Norma Talmadge as Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
- Charles Richman as 'Lafe' Regan
- Lew Cody as Frank Devereaux
- David Proctor as Colonel Gaunt
- Augustus Balfour as Ferguson, Devereaux's Valet
- Mac Barnes as 'Kick' Callahan
- Helen Weir as Helen Regan
- Robert Agnew as Alan Churchill
- Norma Shearer as bit part (uncredited)
References
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 715–716. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Sign on the Door". Silent Era. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ White Munden 1997 p. 445
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Sign on the Door.
- The Sign on the Door at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Herbert Brenon
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- Neptune's Daughter (1914)
- The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
- The Heart of Maryland (1915)
- The Clemenceau Case (1915)
- The Two Orphans (1915)
- Sin (1915)
- The Soul of Broadway (1915)
- A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
- War Brides (1916)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
- The Eternal Sin (1917)
- The Lone Wolf (1917)
- The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
- Empty Pockets (1918)
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
- Victory and Peace (1918)
- Quinneys (1919)
- 12.10 (1919)
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- The Mysterious Princess (1920)
- Little Sister (1921)
- The Passion Flower (1921)
- The Stronger Passion (1921)
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- The Wonderful Thing (1921)
- Any Wife (1922)
- A Stage Romance (1922)
- Shackles of Gold (1922)
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- The Rustle of Silk (1923)
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- The Side Show of Life (1924)
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- The Little French Girl (1925)
- The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
- A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
- The Song and Dance Man (1926)
- Dancing Mothers (1926)
- Beau Geste (1926)
- The Great Gatsby (1926)
- God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
- The Telephone Girl (1927)
- Sorrell and Son (1927)
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
- The Rescue (1929)
- Lummox (1930)
- The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
- Beau Ideal (1931)
- Transgression (1931)
- Girl of the Rio (1932)
- Wine, Women and Song (1933)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Honours Easy (1935)
- Living Dangerously (1936)
- Someone at the Door (1936)
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