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Secret Service (1919 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Secret Service' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9003/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Secret Service'] 1919 American silent American Civil War drama film starring Robert Warwick and directed by Hugh Ford. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17536 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Secret Service'][http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SecretService1919.html Progressive Silent Film List 'Secret Service'] at silentera.com Based on the play 'Secret Service' by William Gillette (New York, 5 Oct 1896), it was remade as a talking picture by RKO in 1931.
One of the storys chief plot twists is referenced in the 1923 short story "Devil Cat", featuring Carroll John Dalys hard boiled detective Race Williams.
Cast
*Robert Warwick as Major Lewis K. Dumont
*Wanda Hawley as Edith Varney
*Theodore Roberts as General Harrison Randolph
*Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Varney
*Raymond Hatton as Lt. Howard Varney
*Casson Ferguson as Wilfred Varney
*Robert Cain as Captain Henry Dumont
*Irving Cummings as Benton Arrelsford
*Guy Oliver as Jonas
*Lillian Leighton as Martha
*Stanley Wheatcroft as Lt. Maxwell (*Stanhope Wheatcroft)
* Shirley Mason as Caroline Mitford
References
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