Stool Pigeon (1928 film)

Stool Pigeon
Stool Pigeon
Directed by	Renaud Hoffman
Written by	Stuart Anthony ; Mort Blumenstock ; Edward J. Meagher
Produced by	Jack Cohn
Starring	Olive Borden ; Charles Delaney ; Lucy Beaumont
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1928;
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Stool Pigeon is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Renaud Hoffman and starring Olive Borden, Charles Delaney and Lucy Beaumont.^[1]

Cast

Olive Borden as Goldie
Charles Delaney as Jimmy Wells
Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Wells
Louis Natheaux as Butch
Ernie Adams as Dropper
Al Hill as Red
Robert Wilber as Augie
Clarence Burton as Mike Shields

Preservation and status

As of January 2017, a complete copy of the film was archived at Lobster Films in Paris.^[2] Lobster Films restores and distributes vintage film.^[3] However, in 2020, a fire occurred at an apartment building in Paris where Lobster Film's had temporarily stored highly flammable nitrate film reels without air conditioning during a heatwave.^[3] Up to 1,953 nitrate film reels were estimated as being stored at the location when the fire occurred,^[4] but film titles were not reported.

References

^ Munden p.767
^ "Stool Pigeon [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Serge Bromberg Sentenced in 2020 Film Fire Case". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (November 25, 2022). "Former Annecy Director Serge Bromberg Faces Prison Term For Deadly Film Reels Fire". Deadline. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.