The Yankee Clipper
(1927) American
B&W : Eight reels / 7920 feet
Directed by Rupert Julian

Cast: William Boyd [Hal Winslow], Elinor Fair [Jocelyn Huntington], Junior Coghlan [Mickey], John Miljan [Richard], Walter Long [‘Portuguese’ Joe], Louis Payne [Mr. Huntington], Burr McIntosh [Mr. Winslow], George Ovey [Alf], Zack Williams [Ham], William Blaisdell [Ike], Clarence Burton [Captain McIntosh], Stanton Heck [American mate], Julia Faye [Queen Victoria], Harry Holden [Zachary Taylor], W. Sousania [Prince Consort], James Wang [Chinese merchant]

DeMille Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. / Executive producer Cecil B. DeMille. Scenario by Garrett Fort and Garnett Weston, from a story by Denison Clift. Production supervision C. Gardner Sullivan. Art direction by John Hughes. Unit manager Leigh Smith. Assistant director Fred Tyler. Cinematography by John Mescall. Intertitles by John Krafft. Edited by Claude Berkeley. / © 11 February 1927 by DeMille Pictures Corporation [LP23654] (at nine reels). Preview 23 March 1927 in Los Angeles, California. Premiere 2 May 1927 at the Roxy Theater in New York, New York. Released 7 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Adventure.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm preservation positives, incomplete 16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: China - Investments - Transportation: Ships - USA: Massachusetts: Boston - Water: Oceans, Seas

Listing updated: 26 November 2006.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 349; Limbacher-Feature p. 281, Pitts-Hollywood p. 9 : ClasIm-226 p. 48 : Website-AFI.