The Dead Line
Directed byDell Henderson
Written byPaul Sloane
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringGeorge Walsh
Irene Boyle
Virginia Valli
CinematographyCharles E. Gilson
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
May 9, 1920
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Dead Line is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Dell Henderson and starring George Walsh, Irene Boyle and Virginia Valli.[1]

Synopsis

Two families living a hard life in the mountains have a long-standing feud. When one of the younger members of one family refuses to continue the fight, he is branded a coward, but comes to the rescue of a young woman of the opposing family when she is threatened by a moonshiner.

Cast

  • George Walsh as Clay Boone
  • Irene Boyle as Mollie Powell
  • Baby Anita Lopez as 'Bebe' Boone
  • Joe Henaway as David Boone
  • Al Hart as Lem Harlan
  • Henry W. Pemberton as Zeke Harlan
  • James Milady as Dan Harlan
  • Gus Weinberg as Judge Ramsey
  • G.A. Stryker as Dwight Weston
  • Virginia Valli as Julia Weston
  • James Birdsong as Hamilton Weston
  • Jack Hopkins as Buck Gomery

References

  1. Solomon p.262

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.
  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.


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