"Silent Life" follows Rudolph Valentino as he ponders the most important philosophical questions of human existence from his deathbed. In the film, Valentino sits in an imaginary empty movie theatre as he and the audience watch his life flicker like a silent movie on the screen. After Valentino's unexpected death in 1926, a mysterious Lady in Black (Terry Moore) continued to visit his grave on the anniversary of his death with a single red rose, her identity hidden by a black veil.