The Blue Eagle
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6200 feet
Directed by John Ford
Cast: George O’Brien [George Darcy], Janet Gaynor [Rose Kelly], William Russell [Big Tim Ryan], Robert Edeson [Chaplain ‘Father Joe’ O’Regan], David Butler [Nick ‘Dizzy’ Galvani], Phil Ford [‘Limpy’ Darcy], Ralph Sipperly [Slats ‘Dip’ Mulligan], Margaret Livingston [Mary Rohan], Jerry Madden [Baby Tom], Lew Short [Sergeant Kelly, Rose’s father], Harry Tenbrook [Bascom, a stoker], Charles Sullivan [the sailor giving George boxing gloves], Jack Herrick [the ‘On Da Nose’ sailor], Jack Pennick [a sailor]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Executive producer, William Fox. Produced by John Ford. Scenario by L.G. Rigby (George Rigby), from the short story “The Lord’s Referee” by Gerald Beaumont. Assistant director, Edward O’Fearna. Photographed (cinematography) by George Schneiderman + [Arthur Edeson]. Intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 12 September 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23122]. Released 12 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Action.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete 35mm positive, with some missing footage in reels 2 through 7]; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm restoration positive assembled from various surviving prints].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Smuggling - Sailors - U.S. Navy
Listing updated: 8 October 2022.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Sinclair-Ford pp. 40, 237 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Tag Gallagher.
Home video: DVD.
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