''Crossed Signals'' is a 1926 American
silent action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...
directed by
J.P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors G ...
and starring
Helen Holmes,
Henry Victor and
Georgie Chapman.
[Munden p.155]
Cast
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Helen Holmes as Helen Wainwright
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Henry Victor as Jack McDermott
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Georgie Chapman as Overland Ike
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William Lowery
William Lowery (July 22, 1885 – November 15, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was signed by the Thanhouser Company in 1914.
Lowery's parents were actors, and he first acted at age 9. He enlist ...
as George Harvey
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Milla Davenport
Milla Davenport (February 4, 1871 in Zurich – May 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actress who first appeared with the repertory company of her husband, actor Harry J. Davenport (1870-1929), for fifteen years.
Davenport then began a ...
as Mother Slattery
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Nelson McDowell as Mike Bradley
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Clyde McAtee as T.P. Steele
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Slim Whitaker
Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart a ...
as Henchman
''uncredited''
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Charlotte Greenwood as Mother with baby at train station
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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1926 films
1920s action films
American action films
Films directed by J. P. McGowan
American silent feature films
Rayart Pictures films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Silent action films
English-language action films
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