THIS IS AN ORIGINAL, EXTREMELY RARE, 1914 SILENT FILM, ADVERTISEMENT / POSTER (9" X 12"), FOR "THE PRICE OF SILENCE" STARRING ALICE JOYCE, FROM KALEM COMPANY, TAKEN FROM A SILENT FILM PUBLICATION OF THE PERIOD, SENT TO THEATER OWNERS TO PROMOTE FILMS. SEVERAL OTHER KALEM COMPANY FILMS ARE MENTIONED: IN DUTCH, THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW SUNBONNET, THE BOLD BANDITTI AND THE RAH RAH BOYS, AND THE FLYING FREIGHT'S CAPTIVE, AND EPISODE OF THE HAZARDS OF HELEN R.R. SERIES.

THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, ETC. AVAILABLE FOR SALE, FOR THIS SILENT FILM, ANYWHERE THAT I CAN FIND, NOW, OR IN THE PAST. THIS IS LITERALLY THE ONLY ORIGINAL ITEM OF THIS FILM FOR SALE ANYWHERE.

SOME WEAR TO THE EDGES, AND TWO SETS OF SMALL STAPLE HOLES AT THE EDGE OF ONE WHITE BORDER. OTHERWISE VERY GOOD CONDITION, SEE PHOTO.

1. Alice Joyce Brown (October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake of the same name.

Joyce was known as "The Madonna of the Screen" for her striking features and presence. She made her last movie in 1930, after which she and ex-husband Tom Moore worked a late vaudeville circuit for a time. She declared voluntary bankruptcy in 1933. Joyce was active in women's organizations in the San Fernando Valley in her later years. She did book reviews and made sketches for friends.

2. The Price of Silence is a silent film from 1914, featuring the talented actress Alice Joyce. Let’s delve into the details:

  • Title: The Price of Silence
  • Release Year: 1914
  • Director: Kenean Buel
  • Cast: Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, James B. Ross, Jere Austin
  • Plot Summary: The film revolves around a dramatic story where a French soldier is unjustly convicted of murdering his wife. He is sentenced to the galleys, while his daughter grows up unaware that she is the heir to a title. The villain who murdered her mother tries to usurp her inheritance.

This film is just one of the many works in Alice Joyce’s impressive filmography. 

3. The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to Vitagraph Studios in 1917.


Under the direction of Sidney Olcott, Kalem made a number of significant films, including the first adaptation of Ben Hur and the following year, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1910 Olcott gave actress Alice Joyce her first acting job in his production of The Deacon's Daughter.

The one-reel version of Ben Hur – in which Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn was used as the location for the Holy Land – was made without obtaining the rights to the book, the usual procedure in the industry at the time, and Kalem was sued by the estate of the author, Lew Wallace. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Kalem in 1911 in Kalem Co. v. Harper Bros., they reached a settlement which paid the estate $25,000 – an extremely large amount for the time. The action helped to establish the necessity for film studios to obtain the motion picture rights for the properties they wished to utilize.


In November 1914, Kalem released the first of 119 episodes of the serial The Hazards of Helen, releasing a new segment every Saturday until February 1917. Each segment had a self-contained story, so it was more of a film series than a serial. Helen Holmes played the lead character "Helen" and did most of her own stunts in the first 26 episodes until she and director J. P. McGowan left to set up their own film production company.