The Silent Enemy (1930 film)
The Silent Enemy is a 1930 American sound part-talkie directed by H.P. Carver and written by W. Douglas Burden, Richard Carver and Julian Johnson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The drama stars Chauncey Yellow Robe, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief Akawanush and Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud. It premiered on May 19, 1930 at the Criterion Theater in New York City and was later distributed by Paramount Pictures in August of the same year.
Theatrical release poster
William Douglas Burden, was an American naturalist, filmmaker, and author who co-founded Marineland in Florida.
The Komodo dragon diorama in the Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians at the American Museum of Natural History.
Photograph of William (right), his father James and elder brother, by Arnold Genthe, 1914