''The Midnight Special'' is a 1931
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorshi ...
sound film produced and released by independent film maker Chesterfield. It was directed by
Duke Worne
Howard "Duke" Worne (December 14, 1888 – October 13, 1933) was an American film director, director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed more than 70 films between 1919 and 1931. He also appeared in 27 films between 1914 a ...
and starred
Glenn Tryon
Glenn Tryon (born Glenn Monroe Kunkel; August 2, 1898 – April 18, 1970) was an American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1951.
Biography
He was born as Glenn Monroe Kunke ...
and
Merna Kennedy
Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler; September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies.
Career
She was born in Kankakee, one of two children to Maud (''née'' Reed) a ...
.
The film is preserved at the
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...
.
[''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.116 c.1978 by The Library of Congress]
Cast
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Glenn Tryon
Glenn Tryon (born Glenn Monroe Kunkel; August 2, 1898 – April 18, 1970) was an American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1951.
Biography
He was born as Glenn Monroe Kunke ...
as Gerald Boone
*
Merna Kennedy
Merna Kennedy (born Maude Kahler; September 7, 1908 – December 20, 1944) was an American actress of the late silent era and the transitional period into talkies.
Career
She was born in Kankakee, one of two children to Maud (''née'' Reed) a ...
as Ellen Harboard
*
Mary Carr
Mary Carr (née Kenevan; March 14, 1874 – June 24, 1973), was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1956. She was given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in ...
as Mrs. Boone
*
Phillips Smalley
Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the grandson of Wendell Phillips; he was the son of George Washburn Smalley, a war corres ...
as Mr. Harboard
*
Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ...
as Joe
*Tom O'Brien as Dan Padden
*Norman Phillips Jr. as Billy
References
External links
The Midnight Special at IMDb.com*
1931 films
American independent films
1931 drama films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
Chesterfield Pictures films
1930s independent films
Films directed by Duke Worne
1930s American films
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