A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Block Signal
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Frank O’Connor

Cast: Ralph Lewis [‘Jovial’ Joe Ryan], Hugh Allan [Jack Milford], Sidney Franklin [‘Roadhouse’ Rosen], Jean Arthur [Grace Ryan], George Chesebro [Bert Steele], Leon Holmes [‘Unhandy’ Andy], Missouri Royer [Jim Brennan]

Gotham Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Lumas Film Corporation [?] through States Rights Independent Exchanges? / Scenario by Edward J. Meagher and Frank O’Connor, from a screen story by F. Oakley Crawford. Cinematography by Ray June. Presented by Sam Sax. / Released 15 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 December 2022.

Keywords: Railroads

References: Film credits : Limbacher-Feature p. 26 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.