Stool Pigeon
Directed byRenaud Hoffman
Written byStuart Anthony
Mort Blumenstock
Edward J. Meagher
Produced byJack Cohn
StarringOlive Borden
Charles Delaney
Lucy Beaumont
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byArthur Roberts
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
October 25, 1928
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Stool Pigeon is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Renaud Hoffman and starring Olive Borden, Charles Delaney and Lucy Beaumont.[1]

Cast

Preservation and status

As of January 2017, a complete copy of the film was archived at Lobster Films in Paris.[2] Lobster Films restores and distributes vintage film.[3] However, in 2020, a fire occurred at an apartment building in Paris where Lobster Film's had temporarily stored highly flammable nitrate film reels without air conditioning during a heatwave.[3] Up to 1,953 nitrate film reels were estimated as being stored at the location when the fire occurred,[4] but film titles were not reported.

References

  1. Munden p.767
  2. "Stool Pigeon [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Serge Bromberg Sentenced in 2020 Film Fire Case". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  4. Goodfellow, Melanie (November 25, 2022). "Former Annecy Director Serge Bromberg Faces Prison Term For Deadly Film Reels Fire". Deadline. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.


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