''Convoy'' is a
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1927 American
silent World War I
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drama starring
Lowell Sherman
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and
Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s.
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Born in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in 1903 (although she l ...
and released through
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. The film is an early producing credit for the Halperin Brothers,
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and Edward, later of ''
White Zombie'' fame, and is the final screen appearance of Broadway stars
Gail Kane
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and
Vincent Serrano
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Serrano's best-known role was as Lieutenant Denton in the Augustus Thomas play ''Arizona'', which had its New York opening in Se ...
.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Convoy''
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The Alfred Hitchcock
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film '' Notorious'' (1946) was based on the same story, originally published in ''The Saturday Evening Post
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''.
Background
''The Song of the Dragon'', is a story by John Taintor Foote
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Foote studied at Kenyon Military Academy, Gambier, Ohio. He began as a writer of sporting stories. His first ...
, which appeared as a two-part serial in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in November 1921. Set during World War I
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in New York City
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, The film tells the tale of a theatrical producer
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approached by federal agents who want his assistance in recruiting an actress he once had a relationship with to seduce the leader of a gang of enemy saboteurs.[McGilligan, p. 366]
Cast
*Lowell Sherman
Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to d ...
as Ernest Drake
*Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s.
Early life
Born in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in 1903 (although she l ...
as Sylvia Dodge
*William Collier, Jr.
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William ...
as John Dodge
*Lawrence Gray
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Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began i ...
as Eugene Weyeth
*Ian Keith
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Early years
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Keith grew up in Chicago. He was educated at the Francis Parker School there and played Hamlet in a school p ...
as Smith
*Gail Kane
Gail Kane (born Abigail Kane; July 10, 1885 – February 17, 1966) was an American stage and silent movie actress.
Early years
Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended a private school in Newburgh, New York, but eschewed addi ...
as Mrs. Weyeth
*Vincent Serrano
Vincent Serrano (February 17, 1866 – January 11, 1935) was an American actor in plays and silent films.
Biography
Serrano's best-known role was as Lieutenant Denton in the Augustus Thomas play ''Arizona'', which had its New York opening in Se ...
as Mr. Dodge
* Donald Reed as Smith's Assistant
*Eddie Gribbon
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as Eddie
*Jack Ackroyd as Jack
*Ione Holmes as Ione
References
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Still of Dorothy Mackaill and Lawrence Gray from the film
1927 films
1927 war films
1927 drama films
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
American war drama films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Lothar Mendes
First National Pictures films
Lost American films
1920s American films
Silent American drama films
Silent war drama films
1920s war drama films
1920s English-language films
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