The Lost Zeppelin
| The Lost Zeppelin | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Sloman |
| Produced by | Tiffany-Stahl |
| Starring |
Conway Tearle Virginia Valli Ricardo Cortez |
| Music by | Meredith Willson |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures |
Release dates | December 20, 1929 |
Running time | 8 reels |
The Lost Zeppelin is a 1929 talking adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and produced and distributed by Tiffany-Stahl. It stars Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez. Tearle plays a navy officer modeled on U. S. Navy Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd who was then a national aviation hero. Byrd made his own genuine Antarctic adventure With Byrd at the South Pole during his South Pole Expedition 1928-29.[1][2]
As with Atlantic, a sound film about the Titanic, the film shows the difficulty of filming early talkie adventures i.e. the motors of the Zeppelin and aircraft sound like vibrators.
The Lost Zeppelin is released on Alpha DVD and is listed preserved in the Library of Congress database.[3][4] [5]
Cast
- Conway Tearle - Commander Donald Hall
- Virginia Valli - Miriam Hall
- Ricardo Cortez - Tom Armstrong
- Duke Martin - Lieutenant Wallace
- Kathryn McGuire - Nancy
- Winter Hall - Mr. Wilson
uncredited
- Richard Cramer - Radio Announcer
- Ervin Nyiregyhazi - Pianist
- William H. O'Brien - Radio Operator
See also
- With Byrd at the South Pole (1929)
- Dirigible (1931)
References
- ↑ The Lost Zeppelin at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Lost Zeppelin
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Lost Zeppelin
- ↑ Alpha Video DVD offering the film
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.107 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
- The Lost Zeppelin at IMDb.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
- The Lost Zeppelin available for free download @ Internet Archive