Lightnin' | |
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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] 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.
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Horace Winfred "Nick" Stewart also billed as Nick O'Demus was an American television and film actor. Stewart was known for his role as Lightnin' on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show.
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The Grip of the Yukon is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. The film starred Francis X. Bushman and Neil Hamilton, and is based on a story by William MacLeod Raine, "The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North".
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Lightnin' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Robards Sr. and Luke Cosgrave. The film was released on December 7, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is a remake of the 1925 silent film, which was directed by John Ford, which itself was based on the 1918 play.
Captain of the Guard is a 1930 American musical film directed by John S. Robertson and Pál Fejös and starring Laura La Plante, John Boles and Sam De Grasse. It is set during the French Revolution, but was sufficiently unhistorical that an apology was included in the opening credit for any factual inaccuracies.
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