Blackbirds (1920 film)

Blackbirds
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Directed by	John Francis Dillon(Jack Dillon) Ray Hallor(ass't director)
Produced by	Realart Pictures
Written by	Harry James Smith(play:Blackbirds) Clara Beranger(scenario)
Starring	Justine Johnstone William "Stage" Boyd
Cinematography	Arthur T. Quinn
Distributed by	Realart Pictures
Release dates	December 4, 1920
Running time	5 reels

Blackbirds is a lost^[1] 1920 silent film crime drama produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play Blackbirds by Harry James Smith. A previous 1915 version starred Laura Hope Crews who starred in the play. This version stars beautiful but unknown Justine Johnstone and William "Stage" Boyd.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Justine Johnstone - Countess Leonie
William "Stage" Boyd - Detective(*billed as William Boyd)
Charles K. Gerrard - Duval
Jessie Arnold - Suzanne
Walter Walker - Howard Crocker
Marie Shotwell - Edna Crocker
Grace Parker - Arline Crocker
Ada Boshell - Grandma Crocker
Alex Saskins - Griggs
Mabel Best

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Catalog: Blackbirds
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1988
↑ Blackbirds as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 6 1913; IBDb.com

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Films directed by John Francis Dillon

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