The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.
- Date of release
- 1915-05-03
- Runtime
- 15h 0m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Jacques Jaccard, William Desmond Taylor
Casting
- Lottie Pickford — Esther , the Gypsy Heroine
- Irving Cummings — Arthur Stanley, II alias John Powell
- William Russell — Blair Stanley
- Eugenie Forde — Hagar Harding
- George Periolat — Luke Lovell
- Charlotte Burton — Vivian Marston
- William Tedmarsh — Quabba, the Hunchback
- Orral Humphrey — Marmaduke Smythe
- Jack Hoxie — Matt Hardigan
- Joseph Knight — 'Sombrero Joe' Knight
- Lillian Buckingham
- Jerry Ferragoma — Bit Role (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Diamond from the Sky is a 1915 American silent adventure-film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor and starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell.
Production notes
The serial's overall storyline was purposely left unfinished in the same manner as The Million Dollar Mystery. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.
While on location during the production of the "continued photoplay", director William Desmond Taylor was nearly electrocuted by an exposed power line. The trade magazine Motion Picture News reported the near tragedy in its August 7, 1915, issue:W. D.
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