Seven Keys to Baldpate(1917) In this silent film, a writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he can write in complete seclusion. Things start heating up, though, when a succession of people who also have keys to the inn begin showing up. George M. Cohan, Anna Q. Nilsson, Director: Hugh Ford.