Blackbirds (1920 film) explained

Blackbirds
Director:	John Francis Dillon(Jack Dillon) Ray Hallor(ass't director)
Producer:	Realart Pictures
Starring:	Justine Johnstone William "Stage" Boyd
Cinematography:	Arthur T. Quinn
Distributor:	Realart Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels

Blackbirds is a 1920 silent film crime drama produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play Blackbirds by Harry James Smith. A previous 1915 version starred Laura Hope Crews who starred in the play. This version stars Justine Johnstone and William "Stage" Boyd.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Justine Johnstone - Countess Leonie
• William "Stage" Boyd - Detective(*billed as William Boyd)
• Charles K. Gerrard - Duval
• Jessie Arnold - Suzanne
• Walter Walker - Howard Crocker
• Marie Shotwell - Edna Crocker
• Grace Parker - Arline Crocker
• Ada Boshell - Grandma Crocker
• Alex Saskins - Griggs

Preservation

With no prints of Blackbirds located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3]

External links

• Blackbirds at IMDb.com
  • • • lantern slide to the film(new url)
• kinotv.com

Notes and References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1988
2. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=7559 Blackbirds as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 6 1913; IBDb.com
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3802/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Blackbirds