Wolves of the Air
1927 film
- January 22, 1927 (1927-01-22)
Running time
(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]
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.
Cast
- Johnnie Walker as Bob Warne
- Lois Boyd as Peggy Tanner
- Maurice Costello as Bob's Father
- Mildred Harris as Marceline Manning
- Gayne Whitman as Evan Steele
- William Boyd as Jerry Tanner
- Billy Bletcher as 'Big Boy' Durkey
- Bud Jamison as 'Short-Cut' McGee
References
Bibliography
- Paris, Michael. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema. Manchester University Press, 1995.
External links
- Wolves of the Air at IMDb
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Films directed by Francis Ford
- Custer's Last Fight (1912)
- The Invaders (1912)
- The Battle of Bull Run (1913)
- The Paymaster's Son (1913)
- When Lincoln Paid (1913)
- The Mysterious Rose (1914)
- The Adventures of Shorty (1914)
- Lucille Love (1914, serial)
- The Broken Coin (1915, serial)
- Three Bad Men and a Girl (1915)
- The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916, serial)
- John Ermine of the Yellowstone (1917)
- Who Was the Other Man? (1917)
- The Avenging Trail (1917)
- The Craving (1918)
- The Silent Mystery (1918, serial)
- The Mystery of 13 (1919, serial)
- Thunderbolt Jack (1920, serial)
- The Great Reward (1921, serial)
- Cyclone Bliss (1921)
- Angel Citizens (1922)
- Thundering Hoofs (1922)
- The Fighting Skipper (1923, serial)
- The Diamond Bandit (1924)
- Lash of the Whip (1924)
- Cupid's Rustler (1924)
- Western Yesterdays (1924)
- Perils of the Wild (1925, serial)
- The Winking Idol (1926, serial)
- Officer 444 (1926, serial)
- Wolf's Trail (1927)
- Wolves of the Air (1927)
- The Call of the Heart (1928)
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