The Royal American is a 1927 American silent action adventure film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Nita Martan and Billy Franey.[1] Produced by Brown's own production company, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures.
The Royal American | |
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Directed by | Harry Joe Brown |
Written by | George W. Pyper |
Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
Starring | Reed Howes Nita Martan Billy Franey |
Cinematography | Ross Fisher |
Production company | Harry J. Brown Productions |
Distributed by | Rayart Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Synopsis
editA young coast guard becomes involved with an altercation with the crew of a ship and finds himself shanghaied aboard. The ship turns out to be gunrunning armaments to South American revolutionaries.
Cast
edit- Reed Howes as Jack Beaton
- Nita Martan as Gail Morton
- Billy Franey as Mike
- David Kirby as Pat
- J.P. McGowan as Capt. Burke
- Hal Salter as First Mate Dorgan
- Rosa Gore as Mother Meg
References
edit- ^ Connelly p.404
Bibliography
edit- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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