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The Hawk's Nest
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Wikipedia article
'The Hawk's Nest' is a 1928 American film directed by Benjamin Christensen. It is believed to be lost. It was released by First National Pictures and stars husband and wife Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HawksNest1928.html 'The Hawk's Nest' at silentera.com]
Plot
The title of 'The Hawk's Nest' comes from the speakeasy around which most of the action revolves. Two bootleggers, played by Milton Sills and Mitchell Lewis, quarrel over a dancer (Doris Kenyon) while a political assassination plot.
Cast
*Milton Sills - The Hawk/John Finchley
*Doris Kenyon - Madelon Arden
*Sjin Kamiyama - Sojin
*Montagu Love - Dan Daugherty
*Mitchell Lewis - James Kent
*Stuart Holmes - Barney McGuire
*James Bradbury Jr. - Gangster('uncredited')
Preservation status
*No prints survive, it is now lost.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5924/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'..The Hawk's Nest'][http://www.silentsaregolde.com/arnefirstnational.html 'The Hawk's Nest' at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: '..lost First National Pictures - 1928']
References
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