A Voice in the Dark (film)

A Voice in the Dark is a 1921 American black-and-white silent mystery film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ramsey Wallace, Irene Rich, and Alec B. Francis.^[1] The film is based on the play A Voice in the Dark by Ralph E. Dyar (New York, July 28, 1919).^[2]

A Voice in the Dark
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Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Screenplay by	Ralph E. Dyar, Arthur F. Statter
Based on	A Voice in the Dark by Ralph E. Dyar
Starring	Ramsey Wallace, Irene Rich, Alec B. Francis
Production company	Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Release date	26 March 1921 (1921-03-26) (United States)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Two sisters engaged on the same day: Adele, the younger, to Dr. Hugh Sainsbury, and Blanche, the eldest, to Harlan Day, an assistant district attorney. They are both suspected of committing a murder when Sainsbury is found dead. Blanche has a motive as Sainsbury almost dishonored her so that she wanted to prevent her sister from marrying him. Thanks to the testimony of two witnesses, a deaf woman and a blind man residing in the sanatorium where Sainsbury was working, the murder is resolved: the culprit is Amelia Ellingham, a nurse whom Sainsbury had seduced and to whom he had proposed to marry.^[3]

Cast

• Ramsey Wallace as Harlan Day
• Irene Rich as Blanche Walton
• Alec B. Francis as Joseph Crampton (as Alec Francis)
• Alan Hale as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
• Ora Carew as Adele Walton
• William Scott as Chester Thomas
• Richard Tucker as Lieutenant Patrick Cloyd
• Alice Hollister as Amelia Ellingham
• Gertrude Norman as Mrs. Lydiard
• James Neill as Edward Small

Preservation status

• A print is preserved in the Library of Congress.^[4][5]