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. The film is based on the play A Voice in the Dark by Ralph E. Dyar (New York, July 28, 1919).
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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.
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.