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The Silent Peril (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Silent Peril (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Jack Parsons, supposedly a social butterfly, is actually a secret-service operative and an expert on control by wireless. In the course of an experiment, Parsons generates an alien electrical wave which is not only dangerous to everything ...See moreJack Parsons, supposedly a social butterfly, is actually a secret-service operative and an expert on control by wireless. In the course of an experiment, Parsons generates an alien electrical wave which is not only dangerous to everything in its path, but unless controlled, dangerous to the experimenter. In the use Parsons makes of this wave to combat and destroy the "boat" owned by a foreign government we have the greatest excitement of the play. The newspapers publish an article relative to the merits of a "powerless boat" so called, then in the hands of a foreign government. In his office, the Secretary of State reads the article. While engaged with the paper, a clerk hands the Secretary a translated code message, which informs him the boat is an unparalleled success and. in its present hands, a decided menace. The Secretary calls upon Parsons, who is aboard to either confirm or refute the report concerning the boat. Tully, a clerk, overhears the conversation between Jack and the Secretary, and loses no time in selling his information to the Baroness Alda, who buys and sells diplomatic secrets. The Baroness hastens to another foreign agent, who agrees with her that Jack must not reach his destination. On board ship, Jack recognizes the Baroness. To avoid being shadowed when he leaves the ship, Parson sprays their stateroom with Kelene, a powerful anesthetic. The pair succumb and Parsons leaves the ship. During the trip Jack has met Marie Von Glahn, to whom he lost his heart. At the foreign wharf Marie is met by her father, to whom Parsons is presented. Once ashore, Parsons loses no time in gaining a sight of the mysterious boat. Convinced that the craft is indeed a menace, Parsons decides to destroy it. To this end he swims to the boat, attaches thereto his "interrupter," then awaits results. Nor has he long to wait. The boat leaves shore, its movements being plain to the anxious Parsons. He throws a switch onto his transformer. Instantly the boat is a wreck. At a table, in the control station on shore, sits Von Glahn, dead, the alien wave having done its work. Marie, with her father at the time of the "accident," hastens for assistance. Parsons, returning from shore, meets her. Together they return to the control station, where Parsons learns that the boat's creator was none other than the father of the girl to whom he has given his heart. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
William Clifford Jack Parsons Jack Parsons See fewer	The Hidden Law (1916)
Marie Walcamp Marie van Glahn Marie van Glahn See fewer	Tongues of Flame (1918)
Val Paul Tully - The Clerk Tully - The Clerk See fewer	Suspense (1913)
Lule Warrenton Baroness Aldax Baroness Aldax See fewer	The College Orphan (1915)
Rex De Rosselli Actor Actor See fewer	Rescued by Wireless (1914)
Sherman Bainbridge Actor Actor See fewer	The Raid of the Human Tigers (1913)