Thunder

Thunder (1929)

A train operator's obsession with being on time leads to tragedy for his family.

Date of release
1929-07-08
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
William Nigh

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Chicago and Wisconsin

Thunder is a 1929 American synchronized sound melodrama film starring Lon Chaney and directed by William Nigh. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. Thunder was Chaney's penultimate film appearance and his last film without audible dialogue.

Production notes

The film was shot on location in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Pulaski, Wisconsin, Green Valley, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. It was there that Chaney caught a cold during the snow scenes which then developed into walking pneumonia. Production was shut down for a time but was eventually completed.

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