Posts from ethanedwards in thread „Lightnin' (1925)“

  • Lightnin' (1925)


    Yes, you may well need to use both eyes,
    cause if you blink with only one eye,
    then you would miss Duke altogether!

  • Lightnin' (1925)


    Thanks Elly, I'll amend it,
    Just going on what the general internet had to say.
    Please continue to keep an eye open on these
    rare movies, so we can strive to show correct movie status

  • Lightnin' (1925)

    Lightnin' is a 1925 silent comedy film,
    that is one of few that are available to see.
    Starring Jay Hunt, Wallace MacDonald,
    Richard Travers, J. Farrell MacDonald


    Amusing silent comedy, full of folksy humor,
    adapted by Frances Marion
    from the play by Frank Baron and Winchell Smith.
    Remade in 1930 with Will Rogers.

  • Lightnin' (1925)

    LIGHNIN'


    DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
    PRODUCED BY WILIAM FOX
    FOX FILM CORPORATION



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Lightnin' Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs
    around the Calivada Hotel, which is run by his wife and their adopted daughter,
    Millie. Real estate hucksters, learning that the hotel stands on a proposed railroad right of way,
    talk Mother Jones into selling the land, but, on the advice of John Marvin,
    a young lawyer in love with Millie, Bill refuses to sign the bill of sale.
    Mother Jones orders him from the house, and he goes to live in the Old Soldiers' Home.
    The schemers persuade Mother Jones to divorce Bill, and she takes him to court.
    Mother Jones has a change of heart, however, and is reconciled with Bill.
    The schemers are arrested, and John and Millie become engaged.


    Full Cast
    Jay Hunt ... William 'Lightnin' Bill' Jones
    Wallace MacDonald ... John Marvin
    Richard Travers ... Mr. Raymond Thomas
    J. Farrell MacDonald ... Judge Lemuel Townsend
    Otis Harlan ... Zeb
    Edythe Chapman ... Mrs. Bill Jones
    Madge Bellamy ... Miss Millie Jones
    Ethel Clayton ... Margaret Davis
    Brandon Hurst ... Everett Hammond
    James A. Marcus ... Sheriff Blodgett (as James Marcus)
    Erville Alderson ... Courtroom Attendant (uncredited)
    Nora Cecil ... Passerby in Buggy (uncredited)
    Tommy Hicks ... Otis Harlan's Son (uncredited)
    Peter Mazutis ... Oscar (uncredited)
    Ida Moore ... Courtroom Observer (uncredited)
    Billy Rinaldi ... Boy (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Frank Bacon play
    Frances Marion
    Winchell Smith play


    Cinematography
    Joseph H. August


    Trivia
    The first film shown at the famous "Alex" theater in Glendale, California