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  Edythe Chapman, Jay Hunt (center) and Otis Harlan.
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Lightnin’
Also known as [Don Pancho]
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 8050 feet
Directed by John Ford

Cast: Jay Hunt [‘Lightnin’ Bill Jones], Wallace MacDonald [John Marvin], Richard Travers [Raymond Thomas], J. Farrell MacDonald [Judge Lemuel Townsend], Otis Harlan [Zeb], Edythe Chapman [Mrs. Jones], Madge Bellamy [Millie Jones], Ethel Clayton [Margaret Davis], Brandon Hurst [Everett Hammond], James Marcus [Sheriff Blodgett]; Peter Mazutis [Oscar]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A John Ford Production]. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by Frances Marion, from the play Lightnin’ by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. Assistant director, Edward O’Fearna. Photographed (cinematography) by Joseph August (Joseph H. August). Presented by William Fox. / © 26 July 1925 by Fox Film Corporation [LP21685]. Released [?] 26 July or 23 August? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as Lightnin’ (1930).

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 August 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Drew-Speaking pp. 12, 274; Everson-American p. 182n; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 45; Gallagher-Ford p. 104; Sinclair-Ford p. 235 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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