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The Block Signal
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Wikipedia article
'The Block Signal' is 1926 silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Jean Arthur and Hugh Allan. It was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2912 The AFI Catalog of Feature films:'The Block Signal'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BlockSignal1926.html 'The Block Signal' at silentera.com]
Synopsis
A veteran railroad engineer discovers that his eyesight is failing and he is becoming colorblind. Bert Steele his fireman who craves promotion deliberately misleads him about a signal leading him to be demoted. Jealous and frustrated by his unrequited love for the engineer's daughter Grace, Steele considers a more direct form of sabotage.
Cast
*Ralph Lewis as 'Jovial Joe' Ryan
*Jean Arthur as Grace Ryan
*Hugh Allan as Jack Milford
*George Chesebro as Bert Steele
*Sidney Franklin as 'Roadhouse' Rosen
*Leon Holmes as 'Unhandy' Andy
*Missouri Royer as Jim Brennan
Preservation status
*The picture is preserved at the UCLA Film and TV Archive and Academy Film Archive.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3232/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The Block Signal']
References
Bibliography
* 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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