The Lost Zeppelin
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| Directed by | Edward Sloman |
| Produced by | Tiffany-Stahl |
| Starring | Conway Tearle Virginia Valli Ricardo Cortez |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Music by | Meredith Willson |
| Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures |
Release date | December 20, 1929 |
Running time | 8 reels |
The Lost Zeppelin is a 1929 talking adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and produced and distributed by Tiffany-Stahl. It stars Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez. Tearle plays a navy officer modeled on U. S. Navy Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd who was then a national aviation hero. Byrd made his own genuine Antarctic adventure With Byrd at the South Pole during his South Pole Expedition 1928-29.[1][2]
The Lost Zeppelin is released on Alpha DVD and is listed preserved in the Library of Congress database.[3][4][5]
Cast
- Conway Tearle - Commander Donald Hall
- Virginia Valli - Miriam Hall
- Ricardo Cortez - Tom Armstrong
- Duke Martin - Lieutenant Wallace
- Kathryn McGuire - Nancy
- Winter Hall - Mr. Wilson
uncredited
- Richard Cramer - Radio Announcer
- Ervin Nyiregyhazi - Pianist
- William H. O'Brien - Radio Operator
See also
- With Byrd at the South Pole (1929)
- Dirigible (1931)
References
- ^ The Lost Zeppelin at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Lost Zeppelin
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Lost Zeppelin
- ^ Alpha Video DVD offering the film
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.107 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
- The Lost Zeppelin at IMDb.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
- The Lost Zeppelin available for free download @ Internet Archive
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