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Victor McLaglen (left), Douglas Scott and Leatrice Joy.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Strong Boy
Also known as O Moço é Forte in Brazil; Drager Nr. 13 in Denmark; Le costaud in France; Forzuto in Italy; Viva la ambición in Spain
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5567 feet / [?] 62 or 79? minutes
Directed by John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen [William ‘Strong Boy’ Bloss], Leatrice Joy [Mary McGregor], J. Farrell MacDonald [Angus McGregor], Clyde Cook [Pete], Kent Sanderson (Buddy Roosevelt) [Wilbur Watkins], Douglas Scott [Wobby], Slim Summerville [Slim], Eulalie Jensen [the Queen of Lisonia], David Torrence [the railroad president], Dolores Johnson [?] [prima donna or usherette]?, Tom Wilson [the baggage master], Jack Pennick [a porter], Robert Ryan [a porter]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporaton. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by James Kevin McGuiness, Andrew Bennison and John McLain, from a screen story by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. Cinematography by Joseph H. August. Intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 15 February 1929 by Fox Film Corporation [LP120]. Released 3 March 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, in six reels (at 5526 feet), by Fox Film Corporaton in 1929. The Robert Ryan of this cast is not the later actor Robert Ryan. The film was released in Denmark on 17 February 1930. The film was released in Finland on 6 October 1930. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : A theatrical trailer for the film exists in the New Zealand Film Archive film archive : A print may exist in Australia.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Railroads
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Drew-Speaking pp. 82, 276; Gallagher-Ford pp. 40, 47, 498; Sinclair-Ford pp. 40, 240 : ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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