Posts from ethanedwards in thread „The Blue Eagle (1926)“

The Blue Eagle is a 1926 silent American action film,
Starring George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor

Prints of the film exist in the Library of Congress film archive
and in the UCLA Film and Television

See;
Library of Congress- The Blue Eagle

User Review

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4 October 1999 | by mgmax (Chicago)

Imagine a version of What Price Glory in which the two brawlin' rivals take on a big drug dealer who has a James Bond-like lair complete with submarine. You couldn't have sold that as a blaxploitation film to AIP in the 70s-- though you might be able to sell it as a Jackie Chan movie now-- but who'd have ever thought that you could have sold it as a John Ford picture at Fox in the twenties? That's basically what this very minor but watchable Ford film is about; it might be better if the lost footage, sadly, didn't include the big naval battle scene in the middle. Gaynor is charming as the object of the rivals' affection, though this is no rival to Sunrise as a pairing of her and O'Brien.

Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
George D'Arcy and Tim Ryan, rival leaders of neighborhood gangs,
become stokers and watertenders on a U. S. battleship during the World War.
For a time, their rivalry over politics, social affairs, and the same girl--Rose--
is held in check by discipline, but their parish priest,
Father Joe, the ship's chaplain, finally decides to let them fight it out in the ring.
Their fight is interrupted, however, by a submarine attack, which is repelled.
After the war the feud continues until narcotics smugglers kill one of
George's brothers and shoot Tim's buddy; together they storm the smugglers'
stronghold and blow up their submarine. Later, under the supervision of Father Joe,
a fight is staged, and George is the victor.

Full Cast
George O'Brien ... George Darcy
Janet Gaynor ... Rose Kelly
William Russell ... Big Tim Ryan
Margaret Livingston ... Mrs. Mary Rohan
Robert Edeson ... Chaplain Regan, aka Father Joe
Philip Ford ... Limpy Darcy (as Phillip Ford)
David Butler ... Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
Lew Short ... Sergeant Kelly
Ralph Sipperly ... Slats 'Dip' Mulligan
Jerry Madden ... Baby Tom
Jack Herrick ... 'On Da Nose' Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Ship's Crewman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... Sailor Giving George Boxing Gloves (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Bascom, a Stoker (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Gerald Beaumont story "The Lord's Referee"
Malcolm Stuart Boylan titles
Gordon Rigby (as L.G. Rigby)

Cinematography
George Schneiderman
Arthur Edeson (uncredited)