The Sign on the Door
Encyclopedia
The Sign on the Door is a silent film
, starring Norma Talmadge
and Lew Cody
, directed and written by Herbert Brenon, and based upon the play by Channing Pollock
. The film was remade as The Locked Door
(1929), starring Barbara Stanwyck
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, starring Norma Talmadge
Norma Talmadge
Norma Talmadge was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.Her most famous film was Smilin’ Through , but she also...
and Lew Cody
Lew Cody
Lew Cody, birth name Louis Joseph Côté was an American actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age....
, directed and written by Herbert Brenon, and based upon the play by Channing Pollock
Channing Pollock (writer)
Channing Pollock was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios.-External links:* from Howard University*...
. The film was remade as The Locked Door
The Locked Door
The Locked Door is an American drama film featuring Barbara Stanwyck in her second film appearance, first starring role, and first talking picture. The film is based on the play The Sign on the Door by Channing Pollock. A previous version was the silent film The Sign on the Door starring Norma...
(1929), starring Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
.
Cast
- Norma TalmadgeNorma TalmadgeNorma Talmadge was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.Her most famous film was Smilin’ Through , but she also...
- Ann Hunniwell/Mrs. 'Lafe' Regan - Charles RichmanCharles RichmanCharles Richman is the acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He also served as acting commissioner in the cabinet of former Gov. Richard Codey....
- 'Lafe' Regan - Lew CodyLew CodyLew Cody, birth name Louis Joseph Côté was an American actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age....
- Frank Devereaux - David ProctorDavid ProctorDavid William Proctor is a Scottish association football player who plays as a right-back or right midfielder for Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.-Career:...
- Colonel Gaunt - Augustus Balfour - Ferguson, Devereaux's Valet
- Mac BarnesMac BarnesMichael Malott "Mac" Barnes was an American actor. He appeared in 23 films between 1909 to 1921. He died, aged 59, in Los Angeles.-External links:...
- 'Kick' Callahan - Helen Weir - Helen Regan
- Robert AgnewRobert AgnewRobert Agnew , also known as Bobby Agnew, born in Dayton, Kentucky, was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras....
- Alan Churchill - Norma ShearerNorma ShearerEdith Norma Shearer was a Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s...
- Bit Part (uncredited)