The Black Diamond Express

The Black Diamond Express
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Written by	Harvey Gates
Story by	"Mark Canfield" (Darryl Zanuck)
Starring	Monte Blue Edna Murphy
Cinematography	David Abel Conrad Wells
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 4, 1927 (1927-06-04)
Running time	60 minutes (6 reels; 5,803 feet (1,769 m) [1] )
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English titles) Vitaphone (music score and sound effects)

The Black Diamond Express is a 1927 silent railroad feature film drama directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. ^[2] It is not to be confused with several early short actuality styled films under the title Black Diamond Express for example the famous and still exiting 1896 ^[3] film of a train arriving in a station.

This film is presumed lost. ^{[4] [5]}

Cast

• Monte Blue as Dan Foster
• Edna Murphy as Jeanne Harmon
• Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Harmon
• Claire McDowell as Martha, Dan's sister
• Carroll Nye as Fred, Dan's brother
• William Demarest as Fireman
• J. W. Johnston as Sheldon Truesdell

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

1. "The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1927)". New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. July 3, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Black Diamond Express
3. 1896 short The Black Diamond Express; silentera.com
4. The Black Diamond Express at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1927
5. The Library of Congress American Silent Film Survival Catalog:The Black Diamond Express

External links

• The Black Diamond Express at IMDb
• lobby poster
  • 2nd lobby poster