Convoy (1927 film)

Convoy
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Directed by	Joseph C. Boyle; Lothar Mendes (uncredited)
Written by	Willis Goldbeck (scenario)
Based on	The Song of the Dragon; by John Taintor Foote
Produced by	Robert Kane; Victor Halperin; Edward Halperin
Starring	Lowell Sherman; Dorothy Mackaill
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	April 24, 1927;
Running time	8 reels (7,724 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Convoy is a 1927 American silent World War I drama film directed by Joseph C. Boyle and Lothar Mendes, 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Alfred Hitchcock film Notorious (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in The Saturday Evening Post.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Preservation

With no prints of Convoy located in any film archives,^[6] it is a lost film.

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Convoy at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Convoy
^ Vagg, Stephen (March 25, 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.
^ McGilligan, p. 366
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Convoy

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Convoy at silentera.com

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Convoy

[4] Vagg, Stephen (March 25, 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.

[mcg366-5] McGilligan, p. 366

[6] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Convoy

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Convoy
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Directed by	Joseph C. Boyle Lothar Mendes (uncredited)
Written by	Willis Goldbeck (scenario)
Based on	The Song of the Dragon by John Taintor Foote
Produced by	Robert Kane Victor Halperin Edward Halperin
Starring	Lowell Sherman Dorothy Mackaill
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	April 24, 1927 (1927-04-24)
Running time	8 reels (7,724 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)