Secret Service is a lost[1] 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.[2][3] 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.
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Directed by | Hugh Ford Joe Boyle (assistant director) |
Written by | Beulah Marie Dix (scenario) |
Based on | Secret Service (play) by William Gillette |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Robert Warwick Wanda Hawley |
Cinematography | William Marshall |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes; 6 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
One of the story’s chief plot twists is referenced in the 1923 short story "Devil Cat", featuring Carroll John Daly’s hard boiled detective Race Williams.
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