The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness is a 1917 American silent independent drama film directed by Harry Lambart and starring Gertrude McCoy, Frank O'Connor and Jack Sherrill. It was based on the 1916 Broadway play The Silent Witness by Otto Hauerbach. Cast Gertrude McCoy as Helen Hastings Frank O'Connor as Richard Morgan Edwin Forsberg as John Pellman Junius Matthews as Bud Morgan Alphie James as Sarah Blakely Helen May as Janet Rigsby Roulef E. Cotton as Wilbur Weldon Jack Sherrill as Travers A.J. Herbert as Norman Blakely Fred Graham as Rigsby Albert Phillips as Mr. Weldon References Bibliography Curtis Marez. University Babylon: Film and Race Politics on Campus. Univ of California Press, 2019.