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The Diamond from the Sky
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Wikipedia article
'The Diamond from the Sky' is a 1915 American silent adventure-film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor and starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell.
No copies of this serials chapters have been found, so the overall production is currently classified as a lost film.
Plot
The prologue in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the discovery of a spectacular diamond inside a meteorite, a gem that later becomes the property of the Stanley family, who call their heirloom The Diamond From the Sky. The remainder of the first chapter portrays the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia aristocrats and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, 200 years later.
When a girl is born to the young wife of Colonel Arthur Stanley, the latter, to retain an earldom and The Diamond From the Sky, buys a new born Gypsy baby boy and substitutes it for his own babe. Judge Lamar Stanley visits Colonel Arthur Stanleys home to see the child just as Hagar, the gypsy woman, bursts into the room to demand her boy, and the colonel falls unconscious across the library table.
Cast
Chapter titles
, 1915 or 1916.
# A Heritage of Hate
# An Eye For An Eye
# The Silent Witness
# The Prodigal's Progress
# For The Sake of A False Friend
# Shadows at Sunrise
# The Fox and The Pig
# A Mind In The Past
# A Runaway Match
# Old Foes With New Faces
# The Web of Destiny
# To The Highest Bidder
# The Man In The Mask
# For Love And Money
# Desperate Chances
# The Path of Peril
# The King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts
# The Charm Against Harm
# Fire, Fury And Confusion
# The Soul Stranglers
# The Lion's Bride
# The Rose In The Dust
# The Double Cross
# The Mad Millionaire
# A House of Cards
# The Garden of The Gods
# Mine Own People
# On the Wings of the Morning
# A Deal With Destiny
# The American Earl
Production notes
*The serials overall storyline was purposely left unfinished in the same manner as 'The Million Dollar Mystery'. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.
*While on location during the production of the continued photoplay, director William Desmond Taylor was nearly electrocuted by an exposed power line. The trade magazine 'Motion Picture News' reported the near tragedy in its August 7, 1915, issue:
See also
*List of film serials
*List of film serials by studio
*List of lost films
*'Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky' (1916)
References
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