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The Cannon Ball
Also known as The Dynamiter in the USA : {The Cannonball}
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Walter Wright and/or Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)?
Cast: Chester Conklin [the villain], Harry Booker [the powder factory owner], Charles Arling [the powder demonstrator], Bobby Dunn [the policeman in the front seat of the car], Fred Hibbard [the tall henchman], James Rowe [the short henchman], Ted Edwards [a prospective powder customer; and a policeman], Charles Lakin [a prospective powder customer; and a policeman], Grover Ligon [a prospective powder customer; and a policeman], George Ovey [a powder factory worker], [?] Rosemary Theby?, [?] Harry Myers?, [?] Al St. John?, [?] Nick Cogley?
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by [?] Mack Sennett? Assistant director, Fred Fishback (Fred Hibbard). / © 14 June 1915 by The Keystone Film Company [LP5578]. Released 14 June 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Powder Scare Story. [?] Completed or shipped? on 14 May 1915. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis as The Dynamiter by W.H. Productions Company in 1918. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, in [?] 1923 or 1924?
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Spies - USA: California
Listing updated: 23 July 2024.
References: Lahue-Kops pp. 79, 154; Lahue-Mack p. 299; Lahue-World p. 171; Niver-Early p. 45 : ClasIm-221 p. 43 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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