Behind the Door

Behind the Door is a surviving 1919 silent war drama film produced by Thomas Ince, directed by Irvin Willat and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The picture is a starring vehicle for veteran actor Hobart Bosworth and the supporting cast features Jane Novak and Wallace Beery.

The film's source is a short story by Gouverneur Morris, also titled "Behind the Door," published in McClure's Magazine in July 1917.

[6] In 1925 (set six years after the film's release), the silhouetted figure of Oscar Krug, a seafarer, enters a graveyard above a town in coastal Maine.

A mass fistfight ensues, with the group's leader, Bill Tavish, finally accepting Krug's devotion to his country.

The skipper had vowed to skin Brandt alive for murdering his wife.
Still from the Behind the Door with German U-boat commander Lieutenant Brandt (portrayed by Wallace Beery) being throttled by American Merchant Marine Captain Oscar Krug (Hobart Bosworth).