The Blue Eagle Explained

The Blue Eagle
Director:	John Ford (uncredited)
Producer:	John Ford
Starring:	George O'Brien Janet Gaynor
Cinematography:	George Schneiderman
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:	58 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Blue Eagle is a 1926 American action film directed by John Ford.^[1]

Cast

• George O'Brien as George Darcy
• Janet Gaynor as Rose Kelly
• William Russell as Big Tim Ryan
• Margaret Livingston as Mrs. Mary Rohan
• Robert Edeson as Chaplain Regan, aka Father Joe
• Philip Ford as Limpy Darcy (as Phillip Ford)
• David Butler as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
• Lew Short as Sergeant Kelly
• Ralph Sipperly as Slats "Dip" Mulligan
• Jerry Madden as Baby Tom
• Jack Herrick as "On Da Nose" Sailor (uncredited)
• Jack Pennick as Ship's crewman (uncredited)
• Charles Sullivan as Sailor Giving George Boxing Gloves (uncredited)
• Harry Tenbrook as Bascom, a Stoker (uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of The Blue Eagle are in the Library of Congress film archive and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, but one reel is missing.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Blue Eagle . January 9, 2015 . silentera.com.
2. Web site: The Blue Eagle . January 9, 2014 . American Silent Feature Film Survival Database.