The Price of Silence (1914)
Trouble fostered by Bill Leets, in the secret employ of a business rival, results in a strike which ruins Tom Plank, head of an industrial plant. Upon learning that the boy has lost his wealth, Clara, his fiancée, returns his ring. Leets loves Barbara Ragan. Before the crash, Tom had become interested in the girl. Shortly afterward, the girl's father encounters Hegel, formerly the factory foreman. Deadly hatred exists between the two. Tom, who chances to pass, sees Ragan slay his foe. Tom follows the murderer home. Knowledge that his crime is known fills the old man with terror. Tom then learns that Barbara is Leets' sweetheart. Believing the girl to have had a hand in bringing about his ruin, he announces that the price of his silence is that Barbara wed him and share the poverty she had brought upon him. Although Leets is frantic, Barbara, to save her father, consents. Husband and wife live in sullen silence, although each secretly grows to love the other. Fortune smiles upon Tom and he regains his former wealth. Shortly afterward, Barbara's father is killed in an explosion. Tom's hold upon her is thus removed. Leets believes that Barbara still loves him. The man boldly enters the Plank mansion while Tom is giving a dinner to some friends. Believing that her husband hates her, Barbara announces her intention of departing with Leets. Just as she is about to leave the house the enormity of the offense dawns upon the wife and she shrinks from Leets with horror. She rushes back to her room, where she finds Tom with head buried in his arms. Then, for the first time, the two realize the depths of each other's love.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Kenean Buel | Director |
| Louis B. Gardner | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Alice Joyce | |
| Guy Coombs | |
| James B. Ross | |
| Jere Austin |
