The Signal Tower
Cast & Crew
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Clarence L. Brown
Director
Virginia Valli
Sally Tolliver
Rockliffe Fellowes
Dave Tolliver
Frankie Darro
Sonny Tolliver
Wallace Beery
Joe Standish
James O. Barrows
Old Bill
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Aug
3,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca20 Jul 1924
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Signal Tower" by Wadsworth Camp in Metropolitan (May 1920).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,714ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
Dave Tolliver, tower signalman on a mountain railroad, takes in his relief man, Joe Standish, as a boarder. During a storm, Standish becomes drunk and makes advances to Dave's wife, Sally. Although warned of his wife's predicament by his son, Dave is compelled to stay on the job when a runaway freight endangers a passenger train. He ditches the runaway and saves the express, while Sally successfully defends herself by shooting Standish.
Director
Clarence L. Brown
Director
Cast
Virginia Valli
Sally Tolliver
Rockliffe Fellowes
Dave Tolliver
Frankie Darro
Sonny Tolliver
Wallace Beery
Joe Standish
James O. Barrows
Old Bill
J. Farrell Macdonald
Pete
Dot Farley
Gertie
Clarence Brown
Switch man
Jitney
The dog
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Aug
3,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: ca20 Jul 1924
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Signal Tower" by Wadsworth Camp in Metropolitan (May 1920).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,714ft
(7 reels)
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Trivia
Notes
Some sources give the surname Taylor to the characters of Sally and Dave Tolliver.
