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Lightnin' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford. [1] It was based on a successful play of the same name. The original run of the play started in 1918 at the Gaiety Theatre (New York) and continued for 1,291 performances, breaking the record for longest running play at that time. [2] [3] The film was remade in 1930 by Henry ...
Lightnin': Directed by John Ford. With Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Wallace MacDonald, J. Farrell MacDonald. Lightnin' Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel, which is run by his wife and their adopted daughter, Millie.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Ford
- 1925-08-23
Dec 14, 2018 · Lightnin’ Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel, which is run by his wife and their adopted daughter, Millie. Real estate hucksters, learning that the hotel stands on a proposed railroad right of way, talk Mother Jones into selling the land, but, on the advice of John Marvin, a young ...
Lightnin' is a 1925 American comedy film directed by John Ford. It was based on a successful play of the same name. The original run started in 1918 at the Gaiety Theatre (New York) and continued for 1,291 performances, breaking the record for longest running play at that time.
Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy follows a female hotel owner's efforts to turn a profit and get some work out of her husband. John Ford. Director. Frances Marion.
Finally tracked down Lightnin' (1925), the last of the known surviving John Ford silents I had not seen! And my first real impression was that this would have been a perfect movie for Will Rogers, only to find out after watching it that Rogers actually starred in the 1930 talkie version of the film (not done by John Ford)!
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Her husband Lightnin' Bill (Jay Hunt) doesn't help much, but he does no harm either -- the easy-going fellow prefers to share a little nip with his pal Zeb (Otis Harlan) above anything else. Some swindlers attempt to buy the hotel with junk bonds so they can turn around and sell it to a railroad company for a sizable profit.
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