Wolves of the Air

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Wolves of the Air
Directed by Francis Ford
Written byFrancis Ford
James Bell Smith
Starring Johnnie Walker
Lois Boyd
Maurice Costello
Cinematography Herbert Kirkpatrick
Production
company
Distributed bySterling Pictures
Release date
  • January 22, 1927 (1927-01-22)
Running time
15:07 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
(English and French intertitles)

Wolves of the Air is a 1927 American silent action film directed by Francis Ford and starring Johnnie Walker, Lois Boyd and Maurice Costello. [1] It is now considered a lost film. In 2021 this so called lost film was retrieved in the collection of the Dordrecht Regional Archives, and is in excellent condition. [2]

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Returning from serving in World War I, Bob Warne finds that his father's airplane factory has been taken over. Getting employment at a rival factory, he enters an air race in order to win a government contract. Despite repeated attempts at sabotage he is triumphant.

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References

  1. Paris p.64
  2. RAD, 549_894, www.regionaalarchiefdordrecht.nl

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