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Thunder
(1929) American
B&W : Feature film
Directed by William Nigh

Cast: Lon Chaney [‘Grumpy’ Anderson], Phyllis Haver [Zella], James Murray [Tommy], George Duryea (Tom Keene) [Jim], Frances Norris [Molly], Wally Albright Jr. [Davey], John MacIntosh [railroad worker]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Hunt Stromberg. Scenario by Byron Morgan and Ann Price, from a screen story by Byron Morgan. Dance director, George Cunningham. Technical advisor, Arthur Spantikow. Cinematography by Henry Sharp. Intertitles by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). Edited by Ben Lewis. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Haver’s final film. Chaney’s final silent film. / Some location photography was taken in Green Bay, Wisconsin. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost; only approximately half of a reel from the film has survived.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: USA: Wisconsin: Green Bay

Listing updated: 2 April 2009.

References: Blake-Films p. xv; Marrero-Vintage p. 22; Sweeney-Coming p. 140; Weaver-Twenty p. 77 : ClasIm-224 p. C14 : Website-IMDb.