The Rainmaker
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6055 feet
Directed by Clarence Badger
Cast: William Collier Jr. [Bobby Robertson], Georgia Hale [Nell Wendell], Ernest Torrence [Mike], Brandon Hurst [Doyle], Joseph Dowling [Father Murphy], Tom Wilson [Chocolate], Martha Mattox [the head nurse], Charles K. French [the hospital doctor], Jack Richardson [the western doctor], Melbourne MacDowell [Benson], [?] Charles Clary?, [?] Lloyd Hamilton?
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Clarence Badger Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Hope Loring and Louis Duryea Lighton, from the short story “Heavenbent” by Gerald Beaumont. Cinematography by H. Kinley Martin. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 10 May 1925 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP22699]. Released 10 May 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The was originally announced to be directed by Allan Dwan and starring Bessie Love as Nell; shortly after Edward Sutherland replaced Dwan.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 October 2023.
References: Weaver-Twenty p. 157 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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