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The Sky Pilot

Item number (ISN):

24690

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920

Item number (ISN):

24690

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

FILM CLASSIC EXCHANGE

Accession:

1965-0003

Media:

Film

Original title:

The Sky Pilot

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1920

Release date:

1921-04-30

Production company:

Cathrine Curtis Corporation

Production credit:

director, King Vidor; producer, Cathrine Curtis; scenario, John McDermott; adaptation, Faith Green; photography, Gus Peterson

Cast credit:

Colleen Moore, David Butler, John Bowers, Harry Todd, James Corrigan, Donald MacDonald, Kathleen Kirkham

Country of production:

us

Sponsor:

Associated First National

Distributor name:

First National Exhibitors' Circuit Inc.

Description:

Drama set in the Canadian Northwest. A young minister (the Sky Pilot) receives rough treatment in a small settlement and gets into a fight with Bill Hendricks, foreman of the Ashley Ranch. Hendricks later befriends him and gets him a job at the ranch where he becomes a favourite. He saves Hendricks' girl, Gwen, from a cattle stampede but she is injured. Although a plot by her father and some cattle thieves is foiled, they burn the Sky Pilot's church. In saving him, Gwen regains the use of her limbs. <76mn 42mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Based on the novel by Ralph Connor.~2. Ralph Connor was the pseudonym of the Reverend Sir Charles William Gordon.~3. Exteriors shot at Truckee, California.~4. Interiors shot at King Vidor's own studio, Vidor Village, on Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood.~5. No main title on print.~6. The running time is based on the measured length of the print calculated at 18 fps.~7. King Vidor was born 8 February 1894 and died 1 November 1982.~8. Assuming King Vidor as author of this film, this document is under copyright until 2033.

Genre:

DRAMA

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

20763

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8606-0027

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

241086

Format:

FILM

Location number:

CFI-0227/G

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

246429

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 7901-0001

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8606-0027
V1 7901-0001

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 2033

Copyright owner:

Copyright information may be available through Grapevine Video, the distributors of VHS copies of this title.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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