Chain Lightning (1927 film)

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Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay byLambert Hillyer
Based onBrass Commandments
1923 novel
by Charles Alden Seltzer
Produced by William Fox
Starring Buck Jones
Diane Ellis
Ted McNamara
Jack Baston
William Welsh
Martin Faust
Cinematography Reginald Lyons
Edited by Louis R. Loeffler
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • August 14, 1927 (1927-08-14)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Chain Lightning is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the novel Brass Commandments by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. [1] The film stars Buck Jones, Diane Ellis, Ted McNamara, Jack Baston, William Welsh, and Martin Faust. The film was released on August 14, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation. [2] [3] [4] The novel that the film is based upon was previously filmed as Brass Commandments (1923). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: Chain Lightning at silentera.com
  2. "Chain Lightning (1927) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  3. Hans J. Wollstein (2016). "Chain-Lightning - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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