The Mysterious Airman
Also known as Den mystiske flyver in Denmark; The Mystery Airman in the United Kingdom
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Harry Revier
Cast: Walter Miller [Jack Baker], Eugenia Gilbert [Shirley Joyce], Robert Walker [William Craft], Eugene Burr [Alber Orren], Dorothy Tallcot [Fawn Nesbitt], James A. Fitzgerald [Barney Madden], C.H. Allen [James Joyce], Ray Childs [Henry Knight], Alfred Hewston [Detective Dan Mullens], Arthur Morrison [Perkins], Hamilton Morse [Mardos Kartoff], Hugh Blair [James Cosgrove]
Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Louis Weiss. Scenario by Harry Revier, from a screen story by Arthur B. Reeve. Production supervision by George M. Merrick. Cinematography by Frank Kesson. Film editor, Holbrook N. Todd. Presented by the Weiss Brothers. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Air Raid,” released 1 June 1928; [2] “The Girl Who Flew Alone,” released 8 June 1928; [3] “Flaming Wings,” released 15 June 1928; [4] “The Flying Torpedo,” released 22 June 1928; [5] “The Air Pirate,” released 29 June 1928; [6] “The Hawk’s Nest,” released 6 July 1928; [7] “The Leap for Life,” released 13 July 1928; [8] “The Winged Avenger,” released 20 July 1928; [9] “The Warning from the Sky,” released 27 July 1928; [10] “The Air Battle,” released 3 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom as The Mystery Airman by European Motion Picture Company in 1929. / Silent film.
Drama: Adventure.
Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Kit Parker Films.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 1 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 265-266, 287; Stedman-Serials p. 47 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Kit Parker.
Home video: DVD.
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