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    The Johnstown Flood

    1926 · Drama · 1h

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  1. The Johnstown Flood is a 1926 American silent epic film directed by Irving Cummings, that addresses the Great Flood of 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The film stars George O'Brien , Florence Gilbert , and Janet Gaynor .

  2. The Johnstown Flood: Directed by Irving Cummings. With George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf. Follows Tom O'Day, who is loved by two women: Anna Burger and Gloria Hamilton. He has no idea of Anna's love for him, and he becomes engaged to Gloria.

    • (313)
    • Drama
    • Irving Cummings
    • 1926-02-28
  3. Aug 30, 2019 · Silent movie "depicting" the Johnstown Flood. Courtesy of the Flood Museum.

    • 61 min
    • 8.6K
    • Snapshots Of The Past
  4. Apr 21, 2023 · The 1926 film “The Johnstown Flood” is a major achievement of the silent film era – and now, a newly-restored version of the film will have its premiere in Johnstown as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Johnstown Flood Museum.

  5. Engineer Tom O'Day warns John Hamilton, a logging-camp owner, that the dam above the town of Johnstown is being weakened by the impounding of water for floating logs. Hamilton refuses, however, to heed the warning.

    • Irving Cummings, Charles Woolstenhulme
    • George O'brien
  6. The plot of The Johnstown Flood includes violent (and fabricated) conflict between Capital and Labor, a subject rare in mainstream cinema since the arrival of the Hays Office. Anders Randolf plays Hamilton, the boss of the lumber corporation, who has done a crooked deal involving a million feet of lumber, which is convincingly photographed by ...

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  8. A re-creation of one of the greatest disasters in American history, when, in 1889, over 2,000 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, lost their lives. After 97 years, the movie's flood sequence is still a pre-CGI marvel of optical effects, matte paintings, and miniatures.

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