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{{short description|1921 film}}
''(for a 1929 early talkie remake starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Claudette Colbert]] see --[[The Hole in the Wall (1929 film)|The Hole in the Wall]].)''
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Hole in the Wall
| image          = Hole in the Wall poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Maxwell Karger]]
| producer       = Maxwell Karger
| writer         = Maxwell Karger (scenario)
| based_on       = {{based on|''The Hole in the Wall''|[[Frederick J. Jackson|Fred Jackson]]}}
| starring       = [[Alice Lake]]<br>Allan Forrest
| music          =
| cinematography = Allen Siegler
| studio         = [[Metro Pictures]]
| distributor    = Metro Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1921|12|12}}
| runtime        = 6 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]] (6,100 feet)
| country        = United States
| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
}}
'''''The Hole in the Wall''''' is a 1921 American silent [[drama film]] produced and distributed by [[Metro Pictures]] and directed and co-produced by [[Maxwell Karger]]. The film starred [[Alice Lake]] and is based on a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway play]], ''The Hole in the Wall'' by [[Frederick J. Jackson|Fred Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9782|title=Detail view of Movies Page|website=www.afi.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HoleInTheWall1921.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Hole in the Wall''|website=silentera.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=6789|title=The Hole in the Wall – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB|first=The Broadway|last=League|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
==Plot==
As described in a [[film magazine]],<ref name="Herald">{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''The Hole in the Wall'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=13 |issue=25 |page=64 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=December 17, 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald13exhi_0}}</ref> Jean Oliver (Lake) is a young woman who has been wronged by a wealthy lady and seeks her revenge. She becomes a [[Fortune-telling|seeress]], posing as Madam Mysteria, a [[Clairvoyance|medium]] who has been killed in an accident. Through a band of crooks she determines to avenge herself on Mrs. Ramsey (Lester), who was instrumental in sending Jean to prison. Gordon Grant (Forrest), a reporter, comes to the medium's parlor with a woman who is posing as his aunt. He is attempting to solve the kidnapping of Mrs. Ramsey's young grandchild, and while he is there the police raid the place and arrest the crooks. The leader of the gang escape with the baby, however, and demands the release of the gang before he will give the child up. He also asks that Mrs. Ramsey acknowledge that she lied and that Jean is innocent of any wrongdoing, which she does. The film ends with a happy ending as Jean and Gordon are reunited.
The film's title is based upon a scene in which the medium, while in a trance, tells the reporter's lady friend some amazing truths and these truths are graphically presented by having the walls of the parlor crumble and figures crying for recognition appear in the distance.<ref name="Herald"/>
==Cast==
*[[Alice Lake]] as Jean Oliver
*[[Allan Forrest]] as Gordon Grant
*[[Frank Brownlee]] as Limpy Jim
*[[Charles Clary]] as The Fox
*[[William De Vaull]] as Deagon
*[[Kate Lester]] as Mrs. Ramsey
*[[Carl Gerard]] as Donald Ramsey
*[[John Ince (actor)|John Ince]] as Inspector of Police
*[[Claire Du Brey]] as Cora Thompson
==Preservation status==
This film is now considered a [[lost film]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6229/default.html|title=Hole In The Wall|date=November 3, 2017|website=lcweb2.loc.gov}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Allmovie|173676|Synopsis}}
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[[Category:American films based on plays]]
[[Category:Lost American drama films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Maxwell Karger]]
[[Category:Silent American drama films]]
[[Category:1921 drama films]]
[[Category:1921 lost films]]
[[Category:1920s American films]]
[[Category:1920s English-language films]]
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