The Hell Diggers Explained

The Hell Diggers
Director:	Frank Urson
Producer:	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring:	Wallace Reid Lois Wilson
Cinematography:	Charles Schoenbaum
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels; 4,277 feet
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Hell Diggers is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.^[1] The film was directed by Frank Urson from a short story, The Hell Diggers, by Byron Morgan. Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson star. Like most silent films of that time, it is in the public domain and is lost.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Wallace Reid as Teddy Darman
• Lois Wilson as Dora Wade
• Alexander Brown as John Wade
• Frank Geldert as Calthorpe Masters (*some sources Frank Leigh)
• Lucien Littlefield as Silas Hoskins
• Clarence Geldart as Silverby Rennie
• Buddy Post as The Fat Farmer

See also

• Wallace Reid filmography

External links

• • • truck advertising The Hell Diggers

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152032/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9648 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Hell Diggers
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HellDiggers1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Hell Diggers
3. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6014/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Hell Diggers