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The Courage of Silence (1917)
50 min | Drama

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The Courage of Silence (1917)

50 min | Drama

Bradley, who is happily married and loves his family, is called to London on business. There he meets Mercedes, wife of the Spanish Ambassador. The marriage has been forced upon her, and her husband is cruel. Unaware that Bradley is ...See moreBradley, who is happily married and loves his family, is called to London on business. There he meets Mercedes, wife of the Spanish Ambassador. The marriage has been forced upon her, and her husband is cruel. Unaware that Bradley is married, she falls in love with him, and he is also infatuated. His better nature finally prevails, and he returns home and is happy until he receives a photograph from Mercedes. On pretext of business, he again goes back to Mercedes, finds there has been a quarrel, and that the ambassador has struck her. She and Bradley go away together, and while crossing the channel, he inadvertently discloses the fact that he is married. Mercedes unwilling to come between husband and wife, flees to a convent, and Bradley, unable to find her, joins an expedition to the forests of South America. Bradley has written his wife that he is a coward. Her health fails and her father takes her and the children for a trip abroad. The children are attacked by an epidemic of fever, and Mercedes, now a nurse, is summoned. She learns the identity of the family, and, when the boy calls for his father, she starts a search for him. After the crisis, Mercedes who has concealed her identity by use of a veil, wins her fight against a renewal of their relations, and warns Bradley, who has recognized her, to keep his wife in ignorance. Recovering from the fever which has now claimed her, she sees the reunited family depart for America, and knows her heart is empty and closed forever to love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Alice Joyce Mercedes Mercedes See fewer	Beau Geste (1926)
Harry T. Morey Bradley Bradley See fewer	In Honor's Web (1919)
Willie Johnson Bobby Bobby See fewer	Sonny Boy in School Days (1916)
Mildred May Baby Baby See fewer	The Soul Master (1917)
Clio Ayres Alice (as Cleo Ayres) Alice (as Cleo Ayres) See fewer	Mary Jane's Pa (1917)
Robert Gaillard Hammond Hammond See fewer	The Golden Pathway (1913)
Walter McGrail Saunders Saunders See fewer	Special Agent K-7 (1936)
Anders Randolf Spanish Ambassador Spanish Ambassador See fewer	The Viking (1928)
Dorothy Conroy French Girl French Girl See fewer	The Courage of Silence (1917)