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Convoy (1927 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Convoy' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4420/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Convoy'] 1927 American silent World War I drama starring Lowell Sherman and Dorothy Mackaill and released through First National Pictures. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers, Victor and Edward, later of 'White Zombie' fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars Gail Kane and Vincent Serrano.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Convoy1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Convoy'] at silentera.com'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3433 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Convoy']
The Alfred Hitchcock film 'Notorious' (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in 'The Saturday Evening Post'.
Background
'The Song of the Dragon', is a story by John Taintor Foote, which appeared as a two-part serial in 'The Saturday Evening Post' in November 1921. Set during World War I in New York City, The film tells the tale of a theatrical producer approached by federal agents who want his assistance in recruiting an actress he once had a relationship with to seduce the leader of a gang of enemy saboteurs.McGilligan, p. 366
Cast
*Lowell Sherman as Ernest Drake
*Dorothy Mackaill as Sylvia Dodge
*William Collier, Jr. as John Dodge
*Lawrence Gray as Eugene Weyeth
*Ian Keith as Smith
*Gail Kane as Mrs. Weyeth
*Vincent Serrano as Mr. Dodge
*Donald Reed as Smith's Assistant
*Eddie Gribbon as Eddie
*Jack Ackroyd as Jack
*Ione Holmes as Ione
References
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