Strong Boy
(1929) American
B&W : Six reels / 5567 feet
Directed by John Ford

Cast: Victor McLaglen [William ‘Strong Boy’ Bloss], Leatrice Joy [Mary McGregor], Clyde Cook [Pete], Slim Summerville [Slim], Kent Sanderson [Wilbur Watkins], Eulalie Jensen [Queen of Lisonia], David Torrence [the railroad president], J. Farrell MacDonald [Angus McGregor], Douglas Scott [Wobby], Tom Wilson [the baggage master], Dolores Johnson [?] [prima donna or usherette]?, Jack Pennick [porter], Robert Ryan [porter]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporaton. / Scenario by James Kevin McGuiness, Andrew Bennison and John McLain, from a screen story by Frederick Hazlett Brennan. Cinematography by Joseph H. August. Intertitles by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 15 February 1929 by Fox Film Corporation [LP120]. Released 3 March 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 foramat and Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version in six reels (at 5526 feet) by Fox Film Corporaton. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost : A print may exist in Australia.

Listing updated: 2 November 2009.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 82, 276; Gallagher-Ford pp. 40, 47, 498; Sinclair-Ford pp. 40, 240 : ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-AFI.