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词条 The Flying Torpedo
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  1. Synopsis

  2. Cast

  3. Production notes

  4. References

  5. External links

{{infobox film
| name = The Flying Torpedo
| image = File:Flying Torpedo poster.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Film poster
| director = John B. O'Brien
Christy Cabanne
| producer = D. W. Griffith
| writer = Robert M. Baker
John Emerson
D. W. Griffith (uncredited)
| starring = John Emerson
Bessie Love
| music =
| cinematography = George W. Hill
| editing =
| studio = Fine Arts Films
| distributor = Triangle Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1916|3|12}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}The Flying Torpedo is a 1916 American silent drama directed by John B. O'Brien and Christy Cabanne. The film was written by John Emerson (who also stars), Robert M. Baker and D. W. Griffith (who was not credited). The film is now considered lost.[1][2]

Synopsis

Set in 1921, the film centers around the character of novelist Winthrop Clavering (Emerson), known as "The World's Greatest Detective". Clavering befriends young inventor Bartholomew Thompson (Spottiswoode Aitken), who has just invented a radio controlled flying bomb (weaponry that would come to be known as guided missiles).[1][3] Bartholomew is soon murdered by spies, described as "yellow men from the East" in the film, who steal his new invention. Clavering and his Swedish maid Hulda (Bessie Love) set out to find the spies who have been invading the United States. Clavering and Hulda catch up with spies just as they invade California and force them out of the country with the same device they stole.[4]

Eric von Stroheim played a small supporting role as an evil German officer.

Cast

  • John Emerson as Winthrop Clavering
  • Spottiswoode Aitken as Bartholomew Thompson
  • W. E. Lawrence as William Haverman
  • Fred J. Butler as Chief of International Crooks
  • Raymond Wells as Accomplice
  • Lucille Young as Accomplice
  • Eric von Stroheim as Accomplice
  • Viola Barry as Adelaide E. Thompson
  • Bessie Love as Hulda
  • Ralph Lewis as Head of the Board

Production notes

John Emerson had previously portrayed the role of Winthrop Clavering in the play The Conspiracy, from December 1912 to March 1914.[5]

The film was produced by D. W. Griffith's film production company Fine Arts and was distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. Griffith also helped to write the film's scenario with lead John Emerson and Robert Baker.[2] Griffith was also responsible for casting a teenage Bessie Love in the film who he discovered and cast in several of his films in 1915.[6] Filming began in July 1915 under the working title The Scarlet Band.[7] Christy Cabanne directed the battle sequences.[3]

References

Notes
1. ^{{cite book|last=Lennig|first=Arthur |title=Stroheim|year=2004|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-813-13750-6|page=37}}
2. ^{{harvnb|Soister|2012|page=207}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FlyingTorpedo1916.html|title=The Flying Torpedo|publisher=silentera.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Paris|first=Michael|title=From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema|year=1995|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-719-04073-3|pages=31–32}}
5. ^{{harvnb|Soister|2012|page=209}}
6. ^{{harvnb|Soister|2012|pages=209–210}}
7. ^{{harvnb|Soister|2012|page=210}}
Bibliography
  • {{cite book |last=Soister |first=John T.|date=2012 |title=American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-786-48790-5|ref=harv}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0006692|The Flying Torpedo}}
  • {{AllMovie title|91840|The Flying Torpedo}}
  • Lobby poster
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12 : 1916 films|1910s drama films|American drama films|American films|American silent feature films|American black-and-white films|Films based on short fiction|Films directed by Christy Cabanne|Films set in 1921|Lost American films|Triangle Film Corporation films|Films set in the future

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