The Sign on the Door

The Sign on the Door
The Sign on the Door
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Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Herbert Brenon; Mary Murillo
Based on	The Sign on the Door; by Channing Pollock
Produced by	Norma Talmadge
Starring	Norma Talmadge
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	May 1921;
Running time	84 minsutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Sign on the Door is a 1921 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Lew Cody. The film was directed and written by Herbert Brenon, and based upon the 1919 play of the same name by Channing Pollock.^[1] A copy of this film is in the Library of Congress film archive.^[2]

A second adaptation of the play was filmed in 1929 as The Locked Door, starring Barbara Stanwyck.^[3]

Plot

^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. pp. 715–716. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Sign on the Door". Silent Era. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
^ White Munden 1997 p. 445