The Dead Line (1920 film)

The Dead Line is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring George Walsh, Irene Boyle and Virginia Valli.[1]

The Dead Line
Directed byDell Henderson
Written byPaul Sloane
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringGeorge Walsh
Irene Boyle
Virginia Valli
CinematographyCharles E. Gilson
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 9, 1920 (1920-05-09)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

Two families living a hard life in the mountains have a long-standing feud. When one of the younger members of one family refuses to continue the fight, he is branded a coward, but comes to the rescue of a young woman of the opposing family when she is threatened by a moonshiner.

Cast

  • George Walsh as Clay Boone
  • Irene Boyle as Mollie Powell
  • Baby Anita Lopez as 'Bebe' Boone
  • Joe Henaway as David Boone
  • Al Hart as Lem Harlan
  • Henry W. Pemberton as Zeke Harlan
  • James Milady as Dan Harlan
  • Gus Weinberg as Judge Ramsey
  • G.A. Stryker as Dwight Weston
  • Virginia Valli as Julia Weston
  • James Birdsong as Hamilton Weston
  • Jack Hopkins as Buck Gomery

References

  1. Solomon p.262

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.
  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.


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