The Black Diamond Express
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| The Black Diamond Express | |
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| File:Black Diamond Express poster.jpg
theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Howard Bretherton |
| Written by | Harvey Gates |
| Story by | "Mark Canfield" (Darryl Zanuck) |
| Starring | Monte Blue Edna Murphy |
| Cinematography | David Abel Conrad Wells |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release dates
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June 4, 1927 |
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Running time
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60 minutes (6 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | 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..[1] 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[2] film of a train arriving in a station.
This film is presumed lost.[3][4]
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
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Black Diamond Express at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
- lobby poster
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