The Secret Man

The Secret Man
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	John Ford George Hively
Starring	Harry Carey
Cinematography	Ben F. Reynolds
Release dates	October 1, 1917 (1917-10-01)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Secret Man is a 1917 American silent Western film, directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Two of the five reels of the film survive at the Library of Congress film archive.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[2] Cheyenne Harry (Carey) escapes from prison and while escaping comes upon the body of a young girl (Janes) that was thrown by a runaway horse. He picks her up and is proceeding on his way when his horse is frightened and bolts down a steep hillside. Harry, realizing the danger the girl is in, gives himself up so that she can receive care. Her mother Molly (Sterling) has secretly married Harry Beaufort (Foster) and it is her mother's brother who arrests Harry. The mother has been told that her little girl is dead and she loses her reason. At a church bazaar the girl is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Mother and daughter recognize each other and the mother's mind is restored. Through the assistance of Harry, the mother and her husband are reunited. The sheriff is happy to find that the girl Annabelle is his niece and in appreciation of Harry's kindness allows him to go free.

Cast

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry
Edythe Sterling as Molly (credited as Edith Sterling)
J. Morris Foster as Harry Beaufort (credited as Morris Foster)
Elizabeth Janes as His Child
Vester Pegg as Bill
William Steele as The Foreman (credited as Bill Gettinger)
Steve Clemente as Pedro, the Foreman (credited as Steve Clement)
Hoot Gibson as Chuck Fadden

Production

Filming took place under the working titles The Round Up and Up Against It. The film was released by Universal Studios through a subsidiary, Universal-Butterfly, in October 1917. It was a silent film on five reels, part of the "Cheyenne Harry" series of film featurettes.^[3]

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Secret Man was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of the scene of the jailer dropping the keys before the prisoner's cell.^[4]

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret Man". silentera.com. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
↑ "Reviews: The Secret Man". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (16): 28. October 13, 1917.
↑ Gallagher, Tag (1986). John Ford: The Man and His Films. University of California Press. p. 504. ISBN 0-520-06334-1.
↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (17): 33. 20 October 1917.

External links

The Secret Man at the Internet Movie Database

Films by John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado (1917) The Trail of Hate (1917) The Scrapper (1917) Cheyenne's Pal (1917) The Soul Herder (1917) Straight Shooting (1917) The Secret Man (1917) A Marked Man (1917) Bucking Broadway (1917) The Phantom Riders (1918) Wild Women (1918) Thieves' Gold (1918) The Scarlet Drop (1918) Hell Bent (1918) A Woman's Fool (1918) The Craving (1918) Three Mounted Men (1918) Roped (1919) The Fighting Brothers (1919) A Fight for Love (1919) Rustlers (1919) Bare Fists (1919) Gun Law (1919) By Indian Post (1919) The Gun Packer (1919) Riders of Vengeance (1919) The Last Outlaw (1919) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919) Ace of the Saddle (1919) Rider of the Law (1919) A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919) Marked Men (1919) The Prince of Avenue A (1920) The Girl in Number 29 (1920) Hitchin' Posts (1920) Just Pals (1920) The Big Punch (1921) The Freeze-Out (1921) The Wallop (1921) Desperate Trails (1921) Action (1921) Sure Fire (1921) Jackie (1921) Little Miss Smiles (1922) Silver Wings (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923) Three Jumps Ahead (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) North of Hudson Bay (1923) Hoodman Blind (1923) Hearts of Oak (1924) Lightnin' (1925) Kentucky Pride (1925) Thank You (1925) The Fighting Heart (1925) The Shamrock Handicap (1926) 3 Bad Men (1926) Upstream (1927) Four Sons (1928) Strong Boy (1929)

Sound films	The Black Watch (1929) Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) Up the River (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Brat (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Air Mail (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) Doctor Bull (1933) The Lost Patrol (1934) The World Moves On (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) The Informer (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1936) Wee Willie Winkie (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Four Men and a Prayer (1938) Submarine Patrol (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Tobacco Road (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) They Were Expendable (1945) My Darling Clementine (1946) The Fugitive (1947) Fort Apache (1948) 3 Godfathers (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Wagon Master (1950) Rio Grande (1950) The Quiet Man (1952) What Price Glory (1952) The Sun Shines Bright (1953) Mogambo (1953) The Long Gray Line (1955) Mister Roberts (co-d, 1955) The Searchers (1956) The Wings of Eagles (1957) The Rising of the Moon (1957) Gideon's Day (1958) The Last Hurrah (1958) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Sergeant Rutledge (1960) Two Rode Together (1961) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) How the West Was Won (1963) Donovan's Reef (1963) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 7 Women (1966)

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "The Colter Craven Story" "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th: The Movie (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)

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