Convoy (1927 film)
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Directed by | Joseph C. Boyle Lothar Mendes (uncredited) |
Produced by | Robert Kane Victor Halperin Edward Halperin |
Written by | Willis Goldbeck (scenario) |
Based on | The Song of the Dragon by John Taintor Foote |
Starring | Lowell Sherman Dorothy Mackaill |
Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
Distributed by | First National Pictures1 |
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8 reels (7,724 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Convoy is a lost[1] 1927 silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers, Victor and Edward, later of White Zombie fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars Gail Kane and Vincent Serrano.[2][3][4]
The Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in The Saturday Evening Post.
Background
The Song of the Dragon, is a story by John Taintor Foote, which appeared as a two-part serial in The Saturday Evening Post in November 1921. Set during World War I in New York, The film tells the tale of a theatrical producer approached by federal agents, who want his assistance in recruiting an actress he once had a relationship with to seduce the leader of a gang of enemy saboteurs.[5]
Cast
- Lowell Sherman - Ernest Drake
- Dorothy Mackaill - Sylvia Dodge
- William Collier, Jr. - John Dodge
- Lawrence Gray - Eugene Weyeth
- Ian Keith - Smith
- Gail Kane - Mrs. Weyeth
- Vincent Serrano - Mr. Dodge
- Donald Reed - Smith's Assistant
- Eddie Gribbon - Eddie
- Jack Ackroyd - Jack
- Ione Holmes - Ione
References
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Convoy
- ↑ Convoy at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Convoy
- ↑ McGilligan, p. 366
Footnotes
- ^ The film's distribution rights were transferred to Warner Bros. in 1928.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Convoy at IMDb
- Convoy synopsis at AllMovie
- still photo of Dorothy Mackaill and Lawrence Gray from the film
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