Secret Orders
{{short description|1926 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Secret Orders
| image =
| caption =
| director = Chester Withey
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|J. Grubb Alexander|Martin Justice}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Harold Goodwin|Robert Frazer|Evelyn Brent}}
| music =
| cinematography = Roy H. Klaffki
| editing =
| studio = Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
| distributor = {{ubl|Film Booking Offices of America (US)|Butcher's Film Service (UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|1926|3|7}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
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Secret Orders is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Harold Goodwin, Robert Frazer, and Evelyn Brent.Kear & King p. 147 The film was set in World War I and contained what the Chester Times described as a "world of swift-flowing melodrama.{{cite news|title=Wm. Penn Theatre|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/chester-times-aug-24-1926-p-7/|accessdate=April 26, 2018|work=Chester Times|date=August 24, 1926}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: Secret Orders |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=13 |pages=1420 |date=27 March 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/motionnews33moti/page/n395/mode/1up |access-date=11 April 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} Janet Graham is cajoled into marrying Delano, who is a crook. During the War she obtains a position as a Secret Service agent under Bruce Corbin, in charge of scheduling transports. They fall in love. Delano is hired by the Germans and directed to obtain a list of transports sailing to Europe from Corbin's safe. He breaks in and forces Janet to accompany him. She warns a transport by radio to beware of a Hun submarine, which is then discovered and sunk. Corbin and guards rescue her and Delano is killed. Corbin and Janet wed.
Cast
- Harold Goodwin as Eddie Delano
- Robert Frazer as Bruce Corbin
- Evelyn Brent as Janet Graaham
- John Gough as Spike Slavin
- Margerie Bonner as Mary, Janet's friend
- Brandon Hurst as Butler
- Frank Leigh as Cook
References
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Bibliography
- Lynn Kear & James King. Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. McFarland, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0017361}}
- [http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=6281177 Lantern slide] at emovieposter.com
{{Chester Withey}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:Films directed by Chester Withey
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Silent American drama films
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