Speed - 1926

Country: United States
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LIghtnin was one of the early Dog heros - he once doubled for rin tin tin in "Rinty Of The Desert" and appeaared with Gary Cooper in one of his first film appeareances, in "Ligthnin Flashes"
Lghtnin has been forgotten andl his films apparently all lost until amazingly we found, in different places and times, two of them., including "Flashes".
"Speed" is not listed in the internet movie database , so its anyone guess how many Lightnin films were actually made.
We will upload both of the Lightnin films we have to youtube in the hopes of keeping lightnin's memory alive.

For Ireland's Sake - 1914

Country of origin: United States
Director/scriptwriter: Sidney Olcott.
Black and white; silent; 3 reels, c.3,000 feet; format, 35mm
Production company: Gene Gauntier Feature Players
USA release : 12 January 1914.
USA distributor : Warner’s Features Inc.
Copy: George Eastman House; Pacific Film Archive; Irish Film Archive.
Cast: Jack Clark (Marty), Gene Gauntier (Eileen), Sidney Olcott (Father Flanagan).
Summary: Marty, a rebel, is seen with his sweetheart, Eileen, on a donkey and cart. Upon leaving her, he goes to a forge in the hills where he makes pikes to be used as weapons against the English. Detected by British soldiers he escapes with the aid of Eileen. Wearing a great cloak, Eileen sees her lover fleeing from the soldiers and throws the garment around Marty in order to hide him. Later, Marty is hiding in a chimney at an inn. The soldiers arrive and the officer in charge stokes up the fire which forces Marty from his hiding place. This precipitates a riot which results in the soldiers being overpowered by the locals and having their weapons taken. Marty escapes again and swims across a lake to a cave where he is visited by Eileen who brings him food. On one occasion she is observed and this leads to the soldiers discovering Marty's hiding place. Both Marty and Eileen are captured and imprisoned. While in prison, Marty is visited by Fr Flanagan, having been urged to do so by Eileen's mother. The priest smuggles a file into the prison and that night Marty begins to file at the window bars, while singing to drown out the noise from the cutting. Escaping from his cell, Marty overpowers the sentry and by climbing the ivy-covered wall of the prison to Eileen’s window, frees her also. As Eileen reaches the ground she is seen by a soldier. He grabs her, but Marty jumps from a height and overpowers the soldier. They are met at the lakeside by Fr Flanagan who marries them before they sail for America.
Note: Filmed in County Kerry, Ireland. Though it is not made explicit in the film, it is set around the time of the 1798 Rising.
References: MPW, 17 January 1914:346; MPW, 31 January 1914:526; MPST, 15 May 1914:18-21.

The Lad from Old Ireland - 1910

Country: United States.
Producer/director: Sidney Olcott.
Production company: Kalem Co.
Script: Gene Gauntier.
Photography: George Hollister.
Scenic artist: Henry Allen Farnham.
Locations: Killarney and surrounding area, Co. Kerry.
Black and white; silent; length: 824/1,009 feet; format: 35mm.
USA release 23 November 1910; re-issued 1 August 1914. GB distr: Markt & Co.
Copy: Irish Film Archive; National Film & Television Archive.
Cast: Sidney Olcott (Terry O’Connor), Gene Gauntier (Aileen), Arthur
Donaldson (priest), J P McGowan, Robert Vignola (men in campaign office
on election night), Thomas O’Connor (Murphy, a landlord), Jane Wolfe
(Elsie Myron, an American heiress), Laurene Santley, Agnes Mapes.
Summary In the rural Ireland location of Rathpacon, County Cork, Terry is working in the fields. Determined to improve his poverty-stricken existence, he decides to emigrate to America. He bids a sad farewell to Aileen, his sweetheart, who is left in the care of her mother, but he promises to return to her. Arriving in New York, Terry works on a building site and eventually rises to become the Tammany Hall mayor of the city. Forgetting about Aileen, he is seen in the company of an American heiress on the night of his electoral victory. However, he finds a letter from Aileen informing him of her family’s desperate economic plight and declaring that they are in danger of being evicted from their home. Returning home, Terry is seen on a ship in mid-ocean conjuring up an image of Aileen. When he arrives at Aileen’s cottage the eviction is in progress. He enters the cottage and confronts the bailiff. He thrusts the rent arrears into his hand and sends him out of the house. The following Sunday the banns are read by the priest announcing the forthcoming marriage of Terry and Aileen.
Note. Filmed in Ireland and USA. Farnham, whose name is sometimes given as ‘Al(l)an’ or ‘Farnum’, did not participate in the production of scenes taken in Ireland, as Herbert Reynolds points out, but would likely have been responsible for the New York studio interiors. Unpublished cast members Donaldson, McGowan and Vignola have been identified by Reynolds in the extant film.
The Lad from Old Ireland is regarded by some as the first American-produced fiction film made outside the USA (Sight and Sound, Oct-Nov 1953:96), though this may have been confused with what is contemporaneously described as ‘the first production ever made on two Continents’ (Bioscope, 12 January 1911:47). It may have been the first integrated fiction film made in Ireland. The available print, with intertitles in German, ends with the penultimate scene, at the cottage.
References: Bioscope, 12 January 1911:47; Bioscope, 6 April 1912:v; Bioscope, 21 August 1913:21; Kalem Kalender, 1 August 1914:2 (reissue); Motion Picture News, 10 December 1910:9; MPN 17 December 1910:19; MPN 21 October 1916, Sec 2:109-10; Moving Picture World, 26 December 1910:1246, 1249; MPW 3 December 1910:1296,1343; MPW 17 December 1910:1405; MPW 1 August 1914:732; NYDM 2 November 1910:29; Variety, 3 December 1910. AFI Catalog 1893-1910:574; Eileen Bowser, The Transformation of Cinema, 1907–15, 1990:153-5; Kevin Rockett, et al, Cinema and Ireland, 1987:7-8.

Rory O'More - 1911

Country: United States.
Producer/director: Sidney Olcott.
Script/adaptation: Gene Gauntier, from the ballad and novel Rory O’More by Samuel Lover (1836), dramatised (1837).
Production company: Kalem Co.
Photography: George Hollister.
Scenic artist: Henry Allen Farnham.
Locations: Killarney and surrounding area, Co. Kerry.
Black and white; silent; length: 761; 1,000 feet; format: 35mm.
USA release, 4 September 1911; re-issued, 26 September 1914.
Copy: IFA; NFTVA (761 ft).
Cast: Jack J Clark (Rory O’More), Gene Gauntier (Kathleen), Robert G Vignola
(Black William), Arthur Donaldson (Father O’Brien), J P McGowan (English
Commander of Regiment), Anna Dark (Rory’s mother).
Summary: While fleeing from British soldiers, Rory O’More, a rebel with a price on his head, stops to bid his sweetheart, Kathleen, good-bye. Black William, an informer, learns of Rory's whereabouts and brings the military to the scene. Rory flees while Kathleen delays the pursuit by flirting with the officer in command of the soldiers. The soldiers continue their chase across the Kerry mountains. Nearing capture, Rory plunges into a lake and one of the soldiers follows him. The two are some distance from shore when Rory hears the soldier shout for help. Abandoning his opportunity to escape, Rory saves the man from drowning. The officer compliments his behaviour and is willing to free him, but the informer. Black William, demands that Rory be arrested so that he can receive the reward for his capture. Rory is imprisoned and sentenced to death after a trial at which he declares, ‘If to fight for Irish be a crime, then I am guilty’. Fr O'Brien is encouraged by Rory’s mother and Kathleen to help him. While administering the last rites on the scaffold, Fr O’Brien succeeds in cutting Rory's bonds. Rory jumps over the wall behind the scaffold and there finds a horse waiting for him. During the escape, Fr O'Brien is shot by soldiers. Making his way to the sea, Rory finds a boat in which Kathleen is waiting for him, ready to take them to America.
Notes:  Filmed in Ireland. The historical figure Sir Rory O’Moore was a leader of the 1641 Rising against English rule in Ireland, though the period of this film is probably 1798-1803. Beyond the published roles, Herbert Reynolds has identified the parts played by J P McGowan and Anna dark in the extant film. Robert G Vignola is sometimes referred to as ‘assistant director’ for this film, but this is unsubstantiated and, in any event, a credit of doubtful significance, as Reynolds relates: ‘Vignola briefly directed his own production unit for Kalem during 1910 but had abandoned directing because he preferred acting under Olcott, in whose unit almost everyone served as an assistant to the director in one way or another. (Vignola's speciality was as a prop master.)’. Reynolds further points to the complexity of crediting the work of other Kalem members. ‘If it is to be used at all, the title “assistant director” would probably belong to Gene Gauntier, but the term has virtually no specific meaning other than that Kalem thought of her (the scenario writer and leading lady, and one-time director herself) as the second most important individual in the group. Alien Famham was the “scenic artist” (a contemporary description of what would later be known as art director) for the Kalem’s work in Ireland from this release (RORY O’MORE) onward. George Hollister was the sole cameraman for the unit, as Sidney Olcott was their one and only producer/director, so it is always a certainty that the scenic design is Famham’s and the photography is Hollister’s, as the producing and directing is Olcott’s. We have thus been inclined to credit the work of these men even though they may not have been awarded formal credits at the time. The case with Gauntier is more complicated; assistant director/scenario writer/leading lady though she was, we cannot always be certain that a given script is her own, as others sometimes contributed story ideas that she would type and polish up - with scenario credit frequently going to the contributor. Therefore, we have aimed at awarding her with writing credit only if she was formally acknowledged. Muddying the records in Gauntier's case is the fact that, for a few weeks in 1912, she returned to the USA while the others were at work in Ireland - during which time they were shooting scenarios that she had prepared in advance, but she was obviously neither acting nor “assistant director”. This hiatus seems to have included THE KERRY GOW and IRELAND THE OPPRESSED.’
References: Bioscope, 7 September 1911:519; Bioscope, 19 October 1911:xvi; Kalem Kalender, 1 September 1914:5 (reissue); MPW, 29 August 1911:445-6; MPW, 2 September 1911:637. Film User,  September 1958:386; Sight and Sound, October/December 1953:96.

Bold Emmet Ireland's Martyr - 1915

Country: United States. 
Director; scriptwriter: Sidney Olcott.
Black and white; silent; 3 reels, c.3,000 feet; format, 35mm.
USA Release, 11 August 1915.
Production company: Lubin Film Manufacturing Co.
Copy: LC (16mm, 882 ft, c.18 mins, incomplete).
Cast: Jack Melville (Robert Emmett), Robert Rivers (Fealy), Sidney Olcott (Con Daly), Valentine Grant (Norah Doyle), Laurene Santley (Mrs Doyle), Pat O'Malley (Major Kirke).
Summary: Con Daly, a United Irishman, is seen with his sweetheart, Norah Doyle, who lives with her mother. In a nearby cave, rebels, including Robert Emmet, are making arms and ammunition. The police with military support evict the Dwyers, and a riot starts. In revenge, the military officer. Major Kirke, is ambushed and badly wounded by Dwyer. Kirke is taken to Mrs Doyle’s home, where he is looked after. ‘Hot heads’ decide to take the wounded major hostage, while Con explains to the priest the course of events as United Irishmen try to break into the cottage. They are repulsed by Norah and her mother and are then sent away by the priest who asks that ‘advantage’ not be taken of the ‘wounded foe’. The major recovers but his offer of money to Mrs Doyle is refused. Before leaving he shakes hands with Mrs Doyle and the soldiers carry him away on a stretcher. Subsequently, Major Kirke resigns his commission and returns to Dublin. Disguised as a ‘fifer’. Emmet enters the military camp and plays the tin whistle for English soldiers. Emmet visits an inn where Con and Fealy are waiting. As Fealy listens at the door, the pair exchange passwords, while Con tells Emmet that the ‘boys’ are ready. Fealy reports to the military but he is overheard by a spy for the United Irishmen. At the Doyles’ home. Emmet takes off his coat to reveal a uniform. The insurgents lie in ambush for the soldiers and after they are attacked, the military arrest Fealy suspecting him of trickery. Later, Fealy brings the soldiers to the Doyles’ cottage, but Emmet escapes up the chimney as Con, Norah and Mrs Doyle hold off the soldiers. Con and the Doyles are arrested for aiding Emmet, while Fealy gives evidence against them at a military tribunal. Con is sentenced to hang, while Norah is to be transported to a penal colony for seven years. Mrs Doyle goes to Dublin to find Major Kirke and plead for his help. At Dublin Castle, Mrs Doyle meets Kirke who dispatches a rider with pardons for Con and Norah because of their help when he was wounded. But Emmet ‘has not deserted Con’. As Con is on the scaffold, and with the rope around his neck, a United Irishman severs it with a shot fired from a tree-top overlooking the prison yard. Before another rope can be 35 procured to hang Con, the messenger arrives with the pardon and saves him from execution. The United Irishmen turn on Fealy and beat him. All are reunited in the Doyle cottage and Mrs Doyle offers a toast: ‘Long live the major and the Lord Lieutenant’. The Innkeeper adds, ‘and also Mr Emmet for ‘twas he who ordered the shot’, as Norah embraces Con.
Note: Filmed in Ireland. Robert Emmett’s name is misspelled throughout the film. It was the second film released [the first was ALL FOR OLD IRELAND (USA 1915)] following Olcott’s final visit to Ireland. The period in which the film is set is somewhat confused. References to the United Irishmen suggest the events are part of the 1798 Rising, though Emmet (1778-1803), while one of the leaders of the United Irishmen at Trinity College, as a result of which he was forced to end his studies there, did not engage in any armed action during the 1798 Rising. He was the main leader of the Rebellion of 23 July 1803. One shot in the film includes a letter dated 31 July 1803, which was eight days after the Rebellion, and suggests that the events are set during the period from the Rebellion to Emmett’s capture on 25 August 1803.
References: MPN, 14 August 1915:85; MPW, 7 August 1915:1018; MPW, 11 August 1915:1050; Variety, 20 August 1915.

Brennan of the Moor - 1913

Country: United States

Director: Edward Warren.

Cast: Barney Gilmore (Brennan O'Malley).

Black and white; silent; 3 reels; format, 35mm.

Copy: Library of Congress (2,623 ft, incomplete, with Dutch inter-titles, Brennan De Straatroover); Nederlands Filmuseum.

Production company: Solax Co.

Summary: The film carries the slogan: ‘He Stole From the Rich to Give to the Poor’. It is a story of the ‘nobleman-bandit’, Brennan O'Malley, who is captured and imprisoned, but an attempt to drown him through flooding his cell fails. Recaptured after his escape from prison, he overwhelms a soldier and escapes again. He then holds up Lord Hastings and changes into his clothes. He escapes through a secret passage with Betty, Lady Lorrequer whom he had earlier rescued and with whom he had fallen in love. The couple cross a chasm with the aid of a human chain to elude Lord Hastings' troop of soldiers. In the pursuit, Hastings falls into the sea and is killed, while Brennan and Betty escape by ship.

Ireland a Nation - 1914

Country: United States

Writer: Walter MacNamara

Stars: Barry O'Brien, Patrick Ennis and Dominick Reilly

Release Date: 23 September 1914 (USA)

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Ireland

Genres: Drama | History  

The story of Ireland and her fight for Home Rule, as seen through the experiences of Father Tom Murphy, a patriot with a price on his head, and the famous Irish leader Robert Emmet.

Connections

Featured in Nora (2000)

Der Reigen, Ein Werdegang - 1920

Country: Germany

Director: Richard Oswald

Writer: Richard Oswald

Stars: Asta Nielsen, Conrad Veidt and Eduard von Winterstein

Release Date: 27 February 1920 (Germany)

Also known as: The Merry-Go-Round (USA)

Production companies: Decla-Bioscop AG, Richard-Oswald-Produktion, Wüst-Film

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Border Law - 1923

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Ford Beebe

Writer: Ford Beebe (story)

Stars: Leo D. Maloney, Pauline Curley and Pedro Valenzuela

Release Date: 21 January 1923 (USA)

Production Co: Malobee Productions

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Texas Ranger | Boarder | Texas | Mexican | Artist  | Gang Leader | Daughter | Hostage | Gang Member | Father | Two Reeler | Kidnapper | Damsel In Distress | Low Budget Film | Kidnapping | Poverty Row Film | Mexico | Deceit | 1920s |

Contraband | Mexican Border | B Western | Gunfire | Deception | Duplicity | Two Word Title | Mexican Police | Impostor | Henchman | Smuggling | Sagebrush | Cigarette Smoking | B Movie | Independent Film

Genres: Short | Action | Adventure | Western

Texas Ranger Chuck Williams (Leo D. Maloney, as Leo Maloney)is the bashful sweetheart of the daughter, Ellen (Pauline Curley), of the captain of his Texas Rangers troop. He is working with the Mexican Rurales in an effort to stop a gang of gun runners. The gang-leader shows up, posing as an artist, and Ellen takes him in as a boarder to make Chuck jealous. But Chuck is wise to the boarder, who kidnaps Ellen and heads for the mountain hideout of his gang. 

St Kilda Britains Lonliest Island - 1928

Country: United Kingdom
A travelogue film shot in 1928 of places such as Kilda, Barra etc

Jack Dempsey V Jack Sharkey - 1927

Country: United States
This is silent, black-and-white film on boxing bout between Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey (Jul. 21, 1927, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States).