A Yellow Streak Explained

A Yellow Streak
Director:	William Nigh
Starring:	Lionel Barrymore Irene Howley Niles Welch
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Distributor:	Metro Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

A Yellow Streak is a 1915 American silent Western film directed by William Nigh and starring Lionel Barrymore, Irene Howley and Niles Welch.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

After a Wall Street broker is ruined by his wife's lover, a business associated, he thinks of committing suicide off Brooklyn Bridge but instead heads to a western mining town.

Cast

• Lionel Barrymore as Barry Dale
• Irene Howley as Mary Austin
• Dorothy Gwynne as Virginia Dale
• John Goldsworthy as Richard Marvin
• Niles Welch as Tom Austin
• R.A. Bresee as Parke Austin
• William Cowper as Tobias Rader
• William B. Davidson as Jack Rader
• Martin Faust as Outlaw
• John J. Donough as The Sky Pilot

Bibliography

• Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.
• Nevins, Francis M. & Keller, Gary D. The Cisco Kid: American Hero, Hispanic Roots. Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Langman, p. 526.
2. Nevins & Keller, p. 130.