The Sign on the Door
| The Sign on the Door | |
|---|---|
_-_Cody_%26_Talmadge_2.jpg) Film still with Cody and Talmadge | |
| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | Herbert Brenon Mary Murillo |
| Produced by | Norma Talmadge |
| Starring | Norma Talmadge |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Distributed by | Associated First National Pictures |
Release date | May 1921 |
Running time | 84 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
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 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]
Cast
- Norma Talmadge - Ann Hunniwell / Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan
- Charles Richman - 'Lafe' Regan
- Lew Cody - Frank Devereaux
- David Proctor - Colonel Gaunt
- Augustus Balfour - Ferguson, Devereaux's Valet
- Mac Barnes - 'Kick' Callahan
- Helen Weir - Helen Regan
- Robert Agnew - Alan Churchill
- Norma Shearer - 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 2014-01-23.
- ^ White Munden 1997 p. 445
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