Great Mail Robbery Explained

Great Mail Robbery
Director:	George B. Seitz
Starring:	Theodore von Eltz
Cinematography:	Joseph Walker
Studio:	Film Booking Offices of America
Distributor:	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Great Mail Robbery is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Theodore von Eltz as Lieutenant Donald Macready
• Frank Nelson as Sergeant Bill Smith
• Jean Fenwick as Laura Phelps (credited as Jeanne Morgan)
• Lee Shumway as Philip Howard
• DeWitt Jennings as Captain Davis
• Cora Williams as Mrs. Davis
• Nelson McDowell as Sheriff
• Charles Hill Mailes as Stephen Phelps
• Yvonne Howell as Sally

Preservation

An incomplete print of The Great Mail Robbery that is missing reel 6 is in the Library of Congress collection.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: NY Times: Great Mail Robbery . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104160450/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/93779/The-Great-Mail-Robbery/overview . dead . November 4, 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2012 . June 19, 2011.
2. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Great Mail Robbery . June 19, 2011 . silentera.com.
3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1885/default.html The Library of Congress American / FIAF Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Great Mail Robbery
4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 72, c.1978 by The American Film Institute