The Secret Code (film)

The Secret Code is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gloria Swanson.[1]

The Secret Code
J. Barney Sherry and Gloria Swanson
Directed byAlbert Parker
Written byCatherine Carr (scenario)
Based onstory by Adela Rogers St. Johns
StarringGloria Swanson
CinematographyPliny Horne
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 8, 1918 (1918-09-08)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] Senator John Calhoun Rand (Sherry), a confirmed old bachelor, marries Sally Carter (Swanson), a young small town woman many years his junior. Washington society is amazed as the Senator had been regarded as the prize catch of the capital. While the society women gossip, secret service agents trace a leak back to the Senator's home. Suspicion points to Mrs. Rand. An investigation proves that she is blameless and that a trusted matron, close to the confidence of the Senator, is an agent of the Kaiser's and has been learning the nation's secrets. Humiliated by the thought that he had mistrusted his wife, John apologizes and Sally takes him back.

Cast
gollark: Given that our slag production makes *about* one per ten seconds (probably less), and 12.8 units of 5 coal would be needed for 1 diamond, we could get one diamond every two minutes or so.
gollark: I figured out a terrible, terrible (in the sense of being slightly cheaty) way to get diamonds:1. hook up slag production to thermal centrifuge (there's a 1 slag -> tiny gold dust + 5 coal dust recipe)2. feed coal to compactor (makes compressed coal balls; without this it would need flint, but that's easy too)3. compress the coal ball into a ... compressed coal ball4. compress the compressed coal balls into a coal chunk (usually this would require obsidian, iron or bricks, but the compactor skips that too - obsidian is automateable easily but with large power input, though)5. compress coal chunk into diamond
gollark: Oh, this is really cool, Random PSIDeas has a thing which allows me to move my camera position.
gollark: ... right, the dirt, silly me.
gollark: It would also expose the stone brick roof to the surface.

References
  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret Code". silentera.com. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  2. "Reviews: The Secret Code". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (15): 36. October 5, 1918.


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