Stool Pigeon is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Renaud Hoffman and starring Olive Borden, Charles Delaney and Lucy Beaumont.[1]
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| Directed by | Renaud Hoffman |
| Written by | Stuart Anthony Mort Blumenstock Edward J. Meagher |
| Produced by | Jack Cohn |
| Starring | Olive Borden Charles Delaney Lucy Beaumont |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Cast
edit- Olive Borden as Goldie
- Charles Delaney as Jimmy Wells
- Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Wells
- Louis Natheaux as Butch
- Ernie Adams as Dropper
- Al Hill as Red
- Robert Wilber as Augie
- Clarence Burton as Mike Shields
Preservation and status
editAs of January 2017, a complete copy of the film was archived at Lobster Films in Paris.[2] Lobster Films restores and distributes vintage film.[3] However, in 2020, a fire occurred at an apartment building in Paris where Lobster Film's had temporarily stored highly flammable nitrate film reels without air conditioning during a heatwave.[3] Up to 1,953 nitrate film reels were estimated as being stored at the location when the fire occurred,[4] but film titles were not reported.
References
edit- ^ Munden p.767
- ^ "Stool Pigeon [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "Serge Bromberg Sentenced in 2020 Film Fire Case". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (November 25, 2022). "Former Annecy Director Serge Bromberg Faces Prison Term For Deadly Film Reels Fire". Deadline. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
Bibliography
edit- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
edit- Stool Pigeon at IMDb
- Stool Pigeon at the TCM Movie Database
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