The Diamond from the Sky
(1915) American
B&W : Serial / 60 reels
Directed by William Dean Tanner (William Desmond Taylor) and Jacques Jaccard

Cast: Lottie Pickford [Esther Stanley], Irving Cummings [Arthur Stanley II], William Russell [Blair Stanley], Charlotte Burton [Vivian Marston], Eugenie Forde [Hagar Harding], George Periolat [Luke Lovell], Orral Humphrey [Marmaduke Smythe], W.J. Tedmarsh (William Tedmarsh) [Quabba, the hunchback], Hart Hoxie (Jack Hoxie) [Matt Hardigan], Lillian Buckingham, George Field, Rhea Mitchell, Roy Stewart, Charles Watt

American Film Manufacturing Company production. / From a novel by Roy L. McCardell. / 30 episodes (two reels each); [1] “The Heritage of Hate,” released 3 May 1915; [2] “An Eye for an Eye”; [3] “The Silent Witness”; [4] “The Prodigal’s Progress”; [5] “For the Sake of a False Friend”; [6] “Shadows at Sunrise”; [7] “The Fox and the Pig”; [8] “A Mind in the Past”; [9] “A Runaway Match”; [10] “Old Foes With New Faces”; [11] “The Web of Destiny; or, Plaything of the Papoose”; [12] “To the Highest Bidder”; [13] “The Man in the Mask”; [14] “For Love and Money”; [15] “Desperate Chances”; [16] “The Path of Peril”; [17] “King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts”; [18] “Charm Against Harm”; [19] “Fire, Fury and Confusion”; [20] “The Soul Stranglers”; [21] “The Lion’s Bride”; [22] “The Rose in the Dust”; [23] “The Double Cross”; [24] “The Mad Millionaire”; [25] “A House of Cards”; [26] “The Garden of the Gods”; [27] “Mine Own People”; [28] “The Falling Aeroplane”; [29] “A Deal with Destiny”; [30] “The American Earl.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Gypsies - Serials - Transportation: Airplanes, Trains

Listing updated: 23 September 2004.

References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 339, 386; Lahue-Bound pp. 49, 72; Lahue-Continued pp. 6, 31-32, 62f, 161-162, 284; Stedman-Serials p. 35; Tarbox-Lost pp. 11, 230, 231 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.