The River Pirate
Also known as {The River Pilot}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6937 feet
Directed by William K. Howard
Cast: Victor McLaglen [Sailor Fritz], Lois Moran [Marjorie Cullen], Nick Stuart [Sandy], Earle Foxe [Shark], Donald Crisp [Caxton], Robert Perry [Gerber]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by John Reinhardt and Benjamin Markson, from the novel The River Pirate by Charles Francis Coe. Assistant director, Gordon Cooper. Cinematography by Lucien Andriot. Film editor, Jack Dennis. Intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 27 August 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25575]. Released 26 August 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. Color-tinted. / Original prints were tinted. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 16 December 2008.
References: Basten-Technicolor p. 14 : Website-AFI.
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