''The Voice from the Sky'' is a 1930 American

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

film serial A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...

directed by

Ben F. Wilson Ben F. Wilson (also credited as Benjamin Wilson; July 7, 1876 – August 25, 1930), was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era.Wally Wales Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

and

Neva Gerber Genevieve Dolores Gerber (April 3, 1894 – January 2, 1974) was an American silent film actress who appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1930. Early life and career She was born in Argenta, Illinois, to S. Nelson Gerber (1870 ...

. The film was considered to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

, but was recently rediscovered. It is the first serial film to have full sound.

Cast

Wally Wales Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

as Jack Deering, U. S. Secret Service *

(as Jean Dolores) as Jean Lovell * Robert Walker as Edgar Ballin *

J. P. Lockney John P. Lockney (March 17, 1867, date of death unknown) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Partial filmography * ''The Bride of Hat ...

as Geoffrey Mentor * Al Haskell as Henchman 'Patch-Eye' *

Cliff Lyons Cliff Lyons (born 19 October 1961) is an indigenous Australian former international rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Clive Churchill Medalllist and two-time Dally M Medallist, he made 309 first-grade appearances wit ...

as Henchman 'Humpy' * John C. McCallum as J. C. Gates * Merle Farris as Mrs. Deering (Jack's mother) * The Man from Nowhere (a mysterious black-cloaked figure)

List of episodes

# Doomed # The Cave of Horrors # The Man from Nowhere # Danger Ahead # Desperate Deeds # Trail of Vengeance # The Scarlet Scourge # Trapped by Fate # The Pit of Peril # Hearts of Steel

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* 1930 films 1930s English-language films Film serials 1930s science fiction films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ben F. Wilson American science fiction films 1930s American films {{Sf-film-stub

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