Lightnin' (1925 film)
Lightnin' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford.[1] It was based on a successful play of the same name. The original run of the play started in 1918 at the Gaiety Theatre (New York) and continued for 1,291 performances, breaking the record for longest running play at that time.[2][3]
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Directed by | John Ford |
Written by | Frances Marion |
Based on | Lightnin' by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon |
Starring | Jay Hunt Wallace MacDonald |
Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film was remade in 1930 by Henry King for Fox as an early talkie starring Will Rogers with support from Louise Dresser and Joel McCrea.
Cast
- Jay Hunt as William 'Lightnin' Bill' Jones
- Wallace MacDonald as John Marvin
- Richard Travers as Mr. Raymond Thomas
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Judge Lemuel Townsend
- Otis Harlan as Zeb
- Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Bill Jones
- Madge Bellamy as Miss Millie Jones
- Ethel Clayton as Margaret Davis
- Brandon Hurst as Everett Hammond
- James A. Marcus as Sheriff Blodgett (as James Marcus)
- Erville Alderson as Courtroom Attendant (uncredited)
- Frankie Bailey (uncredited)
- Nora Cecil as Passerby in Buggy (uncredited)
- Tommy Hicks as Otis Harlan's Son (uncredited)
- Peter Mazutis as Oscar (uncredited)
- Ida Moore as Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
- Francis Powers (uncredited)
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References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: Lightnin'". silentera.com. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
- "Old Play in Manhattan". Time Magazine. Theater. Vol. XXXII no. 13. September 26, 1938.
- Lightnin at the Internet Broadway Database
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