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The Price of Silence
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Nancy Avril [Amy Frazer, the mother], Betty Gray [Marion Frazer, the daughter], Golda Watson [a young woman in the saloon with cowboys], Coy Watson Jr. [Marion, as an infant]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 21 May 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was produced at the Selig Edendale, California, studio. Coy Watson Jr. in Watson-Keystone pp. 42-46 incorrectly recounts appearing as an infant actor with Dorothy Phillips and Lon Chaney in this Selig film. Phillips and Chaney appeared in The Price of Silence (1916) produced by Bluebird. It is likely that Watson appeared in this Selig production, produced in Edendale, California, only blocks from his home, and only is in error as to the stars of the film.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Amy Frazer hears the call of the footlights and deserts her husband and baby daughter to answer. The daughter, Marion, is raised to young womanhood with the understanding that her mother is dead. After her father’s death, Marion marries a wealthy young broker The notice of this marriage first brings the thought of her daughter back to the mother and she attempts to see her, but Marlon’s husband interferes and bribes Mrs. Frazer to keep the knowledge of her profession from his wife. The frequent visits of the strange woman nearly wreck the happiness of the young lovers and finally precipitate a crisis in which Marion learns the truth. The call of the blood is too much for the young wife to overcome, and forgiving her mother, she opens wide her arms and welcomes her to her new home.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children: Babies, Infants - Cowboys - Families: Mothers (Unwed) - Saloons - Train Stations
Listing updated: 13 October 2023.
References: Watson-Keystone pp. 42-46, 308 : Website-IMDb.
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