The Black Diamond Express

1927 film

  • June 4, 1927 (1927-06-04)
Running time
60 minutes (6 reels; 5,803 feet (1,769 m)[1])CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent (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.[2] 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[3] film of a train arriving in a station.

This film is presumed lost.[4][5]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1927)". New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. July 3, 1927. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Black Diamond Express
  3. ^ 1896 short The Black Diamond Express; silentera.com
  4. ^ The Black Diamond Express at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1927
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Film Survival Catalog:The Black Diamond Express

External links

  • The Black Diamond Express at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • synopsis at AllMovie
  • lobby poster
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