The Sign of the Claw

The Sign of the Claw
Directed by	B. Reeves Eason
Written by	James Bell Smith L. A. Young
Produced by	Renaud Hoffman Samuel Sax
Starring	Ethel Shannon Edward Hearn Lee Shumway
Cinematography	Ray June
Production company	Gotham Pictures
Distributed by	Lumas Film Corporation Stoll Pictures (UK)
Release date	May 1926 (1926-05)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Sign of the Claw is a 1926 American silent action film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Ethel Shannon, Edward Hearn and Lee Shumway. ^[1] Produced by the independent Gotham Pictures, it was designed as a vehicle for Peter the Great, one of several dog stars to appear in films during the 1920s.

Cast

• Peter the Great as Peter
• Ethel Shannon as Mildred Bryson
• Edward Hearn as Robert Conway
• Lee Shumway as Al Stokes
• Joseph Bennett a Jimmie Bryson
• Carmencita Johnson as Little Girl

References

1. Munden p.715

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• 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 Sign of the Claw at IMDb
• The Sign of the Claw at the TCM Movie Database
• The Sign of the Claw at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films