The Storm Breaker

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The Storm Breaker
The Storm Breaker poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edward Sloman
Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Based onTitans
by Charles Guernon
Starring House Peters Sr.
Ruth Clifford
Nina Romano
Ray Hallor
Jere Austin
Lionel Belmore
Cinematography Jackson Rose
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Storm Breaker is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1922 novel Titans by Charles Guernon. The film stars House Peters Sr., Ruth Clifford, Nina Romano, Ray Hallor, Jere Austin, and Lionel Belmore. The film was released on October 25, 1925, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [4] John Strong, a dominatingly strong willed fisherman who is loved by a young woman who lives in his mother’s home meets and marries the daughter of a bookseller, but then loses her love to his brother Neil. One night a storm wrecks his brother’s boat. He refuses to go to the rescue until he is told that he is the only man on the coast who can save the one who is in peril. Following the successful rescue of his brother, he realizes he has no right to the love of the woman he has wed. He leaves the village, but not before he learns that the young woman who adored him before he was married will await his return.

Cast

Preservation

A print of The Storm Breaker is preserved at EYE film Institut, aka Filmmuseum, Netherlands. [5]

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References

  1. "The Storm Breaker (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. Janiss Garza. "Storm Breaker (1925) - Edward H. Sloman". AllMovie. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. "The Storm Breaker". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  4. "New Pictures: The Storm Breaker". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co. 24 (3): 81. January 2, 1926. Retrieved January 26, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Storm Breaker