Code of the Sea, Reel 5 (1924, silent)

Description: Feature excerpt: Code of the Sea, Part 5.

"Bruce McDow, son of a skipper, believes he has inherited the cowardice of his father and loses the respect of his associates. Jenny, who loves and believes in him, gets him a job as mate of the lightship, and during an ensuing storm he proves his courage by saving her life and averting disaster to an endangered ship." (catalog.afi.com/Film/3373-CODE-OFTHESEA. accessed 10-20-2023)

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Subjects: 1920s,Safety,Boats and boating

Tags: storms; boating; maritime disasters; shipwrecks; rescues; silent films; melodramas; action; turbulent ocean; storm at sea; part 5 title; intertitles; relief ship; rain; beaches; kissing; The End title

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Famous Players-Lasky Corp., Victor Fleming

Credits: Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corp.

Distribution Company: Paramount Pictures

Director: Victor Fleming

Producers: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky

Writers: Bertram Millhauser, Byron Morgan

Photography: Charles Edgar Schoenbaum

Cast:

Rod La Rocque: Bruce McDow

Jacqueline Logan: Jenny Hayden

George Fawcett: Captain Hayden

Lefty Flynn: Ewart Radcliff

Luke Cosgrave: Captain Jonas

Lillian Leighton: Mrs. McDow

Sam Appel: John Swayne

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1924

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: fiction, silent

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element:

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type:

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 293