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The Lightning Conductor
(1914) United States of America
B&W : [?] Six or Seven? reels
Directed by Walter Hale

Cast: Dustin Farnum [Winston], Walter Hale [Tallyrand], William Elliott [Jimmy Payne], Helen Bertram [Molly Randolph], Rosina Henley [Aunt Mary]

Hefco Films production; distributed on State Rights basis by Sawyer, Incorporated. / Picturized (scenario) by Walter Hale, from the novel The Lightning Conductor by Charles Norris Williamson. Presented by William Elliott. / Released May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in western Europe.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Americans (Abroad) - France: Paris - United Kingdom: England: London

Listing updated: 9 September 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.