Chain Lightning (1927 film)

Chain Lightning
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay by	Lambert Hillyer
Based on	Brass Commandments 1923 novel by Charles Alden Seltzer
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Buck Jones Diane Ellis Ted McNamara Jack Baston William Welsh Martin Faust
Cinematography	Reginald Lyons
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 14, 1927 (1927-08-14)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Chain Lightning is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the novel Brass Commandments by Malcolm Stuart Boylan.^[1] The film stars Buck Jones, Diane Ellis, Ted McNamara, Jack Baston, William Welsh, and Martin Faust. The film was released on August 14, 1927, by Fox Film Corporation.^[2]^[3]^[4] The novel that the film is based upon was previously filmed as Brass Commandments (1923).^[1]

Plot summary

[edit]

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2023)

Cast

[edit]

Buck Jones as Steve Lannon
Diane Ellis as Glory Jackson
Ted McNamara as Shorty
Jack Baston as Campan
William Welsh as George Clearwater
Martin Faust as Bannack
William Caress as Tom Yeats
Gene Cameron as Binghamwell Stokes Hurlbert

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b Progressive Silent Film List: Chain Lightning at silentera.com
^ "Chain Lightning (1927) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
^ Hans J. Wollstein (2016). "Chain-Lightning - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
^ "Chain Lightning". Afi.com. Retrieved October 21, 2015.

External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chain Lightning (1927 film).

Chain Lightning at IMDb
Chain Lightning at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Chain Lightning at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
1910s	An Even Break (1917) The Narrow Trail (1917) The Mother Instinct (1917) Riddle Gawne (1918) Breed of Men (1919) The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919) The Money Corral (1919) Square Deal Sanderson (1919) Wagon Tracks (1919) John Petticoats (1919)
1920s	The Toll Gate (1920) Sand! (1920) The Cradle of Courage (1920) The Testing Block (1920) O'Malley of the Mounted (1921) The Whistle (1921) White Oak (1921) White Hands (1922) Travelin' On (1922) The Super-Sex (1922) Caught Bluffing (1922) The Altar Stairs (1922) Scars of Jealousy (1923) Temporary Marriage (1923) The Shock (1923) The Spoilers (1923) Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923) Eyes of the Forest (1923) Those Who Dance (1924) Barbara Frietchie (1924) I Want My Man (1925) The Knockout (1925) The Unguarded Hour (1925) The Making of O'Malley (1925) Her Second Chance (1926) Miss Nobody (1926) 30 Below Zero (1926) The War Horse (1927) Chain Lightning (1927) The Branded Sombrero (1928)
1930s	Beau Bandit (1930) The Deadline (1931) One Man Law (1931) Forbidden Trail (1932) South of the Rio Grande (1932) Hello Trouble (1932) Dangerous Crossroads (1933) The Fighting Code (1933) Before Midnight (1933) Police Car 17 (1933) Unknown Valley (1933) Master of Men (1933) Once to Every Woman (1934) The Man Trailer (1934) Men of the Night (1934) The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) The Defense Rests (1934) Against the Law (1934) One Is Guilty (1934) Behind the Evidence (1935) In Spite of Danger (1935) Men of the Hour (1935) The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Dangerous Waters (1936) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Girls Can Play (1937) All American Sweetheart (1937) Gang Bullets (1938) My Old Kentucky Home (1938) Convict's Code (1939) Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
1940s	The Durango Kid (1940) Beyond the Sacramento (1940) North from the Lone Star (1941) The Return of Daniel Boone (1941) Hands Across the Rockies (1941) The Pinto Kid (1941) The Medico of Painted Springs (1941) The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) Thunder Over the Prairie (1941) King of Dodge City (1941) Prairie Stranger (1941) Roaring Frontiers (1941) The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941) North of the Rockies (1942) Prairie Gunsmoke (1942) Vengeance of the West (1942) Fighting Frontier (1943) The Stranger from Pecos (1943) Batman (1943) Six Gun Gospel (1943) The Texas Kid (1943) Smart Guy (1943) Law Men (1944) Ghost Guns (1944) Land of the Outlaws (1944) Partners of the Trail (1944) Range Law (1944) Beyond the Pecos (1945) Stranger from Santa Fe (1945) South of the Rio Grande (1945) The Lost Trail (1945) Frontier Feud (1945) Flame of the West (1945) Border Bandits (1946) Trigger Fingers (1946) Under Arizona Skies (1946) The Gentleman from Texas (1946) Shadows on the Range (1946) Silver Range (1946) Raiders of the South (1947) Valley of Fear (1947) Trailing Danger (1947) Land of the Lawless (1947) The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947) Flashing Guns (1947) Prairie Express (1947) The Hat Box Mystery (1947) Gun Talk (1947) Song of the Drifter (1948) Overland Trails (1948) Oklahoma Blues (1948) Crossed Trails (1948) Partners of the Sunset (1948) Frontier Agent (1948) Range Renegades (1948) The Fighting Ranger (1948) The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948) Outlaw Brand (1948) Gun Runner (1949) Gun Law Justice (1949) Trails End (1949) Haunted Trails (1949) Riders of the Dusk (1949) Range Land (1949)

This 1920s Western film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article related to an American silent Western film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.