The Phantom Express (1925 film)

The Phantom Express
Still with Frankie Darro and George Periolat
Directed by	John G. Adolfi
Written by	Tom J. Hopkins
Starring	Ethel Shannon David Butler Frankie Darro
Cinematography	Charles J. Davis Conrad Wells
Production company	Banner Productions
Distributed by	Henry Ginsberg Distributing Company Wardour Films (UK)
Release date	November 1925 (1925-11)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Phantom Express is a 1925 American silent action crime film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Ethel Shannon, David Butler, and Frankie Darro. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, ^[3] a young railroad engineer, who is in love with the daughter of another engineer, takes the throttle of his company’s fastest train after his sweetheart’s father becomes demented over a wreck. The young man drives the train without mishap for a while and then almost has a wreck. However, the near wrecking of the train reveals the man who caused the wreck and nearly ruined the young man’s happiness.

Cast

• Ethel Shannon as Nora Lane
• David Butler as Jack Warren
• Frankie Darro as 'Daddles' Lane - Nora's Brother
• George Periolat as John Lane - Nora's Father
• George Siegmann as Rufus Hardy
• William H. Tooker as George Mott
• John Webb Dillion as Henry Muncy

References

1. Munden p. 601
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Phantom Express at silentera.com
3. "New Pictures: The Phantom Express", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (13), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 70, December 19, 1925, retrieved December 10, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Phantom Express at IMDb