• Source: The Diamond from the Sky

      • The Diamond from the Sky is a 1915 American silent adventure-film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor and starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell.
      No copies of this serial's "chapters" have been found, so the overall production is currently classified as a lost film.


      Plot


      The prologue in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the discovery of a spectacular diamond inside a meteorite, a gem that later becomes the property of the Stanley family, who call their heirloom "The Diamond From the Sky". The remainder of the first chapter portrays the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia aristocrats and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, 200 years later.
      When a girl is born to the young wife of Colonel Arthur Stanley, the latter, to retain an earldom and "The Diamond From the Sky," buys a new born Gypsy baby boy and substitutes it for his own babe. Judge Lamar Stanley visits Colonel Arthur Stanley's home to see the child just as Hagar, the gypsy woman, bursts into the room to demand her boy, and the colonel falls unconscious across the library table.


      Cast




      Chapter titles



      A Heritage of Hate
      An Eye For An Eye
      The Silent Witness
      The Prodigal's Progress
      For The Sake of A False Friend
      Shadows at Sunrise
      The Fox and The Pig
      A Mind In The Past
      A Runaway Match
      Old Foes With New Faces
      The Web of Destiny
      To The Highest Bidder
      The Man In The Mask
      For Love And Money
      Desperate Chances
      The Path of Peril
      The King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts
      The Charm Against Harm
      Fire, Fury And Confusion
      The Soul Stranglers
      The Lion's Bride
      The Rose In The Dust
      The Double Cross
      The Mad Millionaire
      A House of Cards
      The Garden of The Gods
      Mine Own People
      On the Wings of the Morning
      A Deal With Destiny
      The American Earl


      Production notes


      The serial's overall storyline was purposely left unfinished in the same manner as The Million Dollar Mystery. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.
      While on location during the production of the "continued photoplay", director William Desmond Taylor was nearly electrocuted by an exposed power line. The trade magazine Motion Picture News reported the near tragedy in its August 7, 1915, issue:W. D. Taylor, director of "The Diamond from the Sky," the North American Film Corporation's $800,000 continued photoplay, had a narrow escape from death a few days ago, when he accidentally stepped on a heavy charged electric wire. The members of the company were at work in a tunnel, in which one of the scenes takes place, when Taylor, walking in advance of the players, stepped on the wire, which was uncovered. Luckily, a physician employed in the mining camp nearby had come over to watch the taking of the scene. He offered immediate assistance.


      See also


      List of film serials
      List of film serials by studio
      List of lost films
      Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916)


      References




      External links



      The Diamond from the Sky at IMDb

    Kata Kunci Pencarian: