Secret Orders

Secret Orders
Secret Orders
Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	J. Grubb Alexander; Martin Justice;
Starring	Harold Goodwin; Robert Frazer; Evelyn Brent;
Cinematography	Roy H. Klaffki
Production; company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America (US); Butcher's Film Service (UK);
Release date	March 7, 1926;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Secret Orders is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Harold Goodwin, Robert Frazer, and Evelyn Brent.^[1] The film was set in World War I and contained what the Chester Times described as a "world of swift-flowing melodrama.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Janet Graham is cajoled into marrying Delano, who is a crook. During the War she obtains a position as a Secret Service agent under Bruce Corbin, in charge of scheduling transports. They fall in love. Delano is hired by the Germans and directed to obtain a list of transports sailing to Europe from Corbin's safe. He breaks in and forces Janet to accompany him. She warns a transport by radio to beware of a Hun submarine, which is then discovered and sunk. Corbin and guards rescue her and Delano is killed. Corbin and Janet wed.

Cast

Harold Goodwin as Eddie Delano
Robert Frazer as Bruce Corbin
Evelyn Brent as Janet Graaham
John Gough as Spike Slavin
Margerie Bonner as Mary, Janet's friend
Brandon Hurst as Butler
Frank Leigh as Cook

References

^ Kear & King p. 147
^ "Wm. Penn Theatre". Chester Times. August 24, 1926. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
^ Pardy, George T. (March 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Secret Orders", Motion Picture News, 33 (13), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1420, retrieved April 11, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.