The Phantom Express (1925 film)
{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Phantom Express
| image = The Phantom Express (1925) - 1.jpg
| caption = Still with Frankie Darro and George Periolat
| director = John G. Adolfi
| producer =
| writer = Tom J. Hopkins
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Ethel Shannon|David Butler|Frankie Darro}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Charles J. Davis|Conrad Wells}}
| studio = Banner Productions
| distributor = {{ubl|Henry Ginsberg Distributing Company|Wardour Films (UK)}}
| released = {{film date|1925|11| }}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Phantom Express is a 1925 American silent action crime film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Ethel Shannon, David Butler, and Frankie Darro.Munden p. 601[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PhantomExpress1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Phantom Express] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: The Phantom Express |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=13 |pages=70 |date=19 December 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald23unse/page/1469/mode/1up |access-date=10 December 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a young railroad engineer, who is in love with the daughter of another engineer, takes the throttle of his company’s fastest train after his sweetheart’s father becomes demented over a wreck. The young man drives the train without mishap for a while and then almost has a wreck. However, the near wrecking of the train reveals the man who caused the wreck and nearly ruined the young man’s happiness.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Ethel Shannon as Nora Lane
- David Butler as Jack Warren
- Frankie Darro as 'Daddles' Lane - Nora's Brother
- George Periolat as John Lane - Nora's Father
- George Siegmann as Rufus Hardy
- William H. Tooker as George Mott
- John Webb Dillion as Henry Muncy
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0016218}}
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Category:Films directed by John G. Adolfi
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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