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The shock punch / a Paramount Picture ; from the story by John Monk Saunders ; screen play by Luther Reed ; directed by Paul Sloane.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .S4863 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Saunders, John Monk, 1897-1940--Film adaptations.
- Saunders, John Monk.
- Saunders, John Monk, 1897-1940.
- Structural steel workers--Drama.
- Structural steel workers.
- Construction workers--Drama.
- Construction workers.
- Skyscrapers--Design and construction--Drama.
- Skyscrapers.
- Construction industry--Drama.
- Construction industry.
- Action and adventure films.
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Silent films.
- Skyscrapers--Design and construction.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Action and adventure films.
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- "Richard Dix stars in this death defying thrill comedy, with lots of sky walking and action along the exposed girders of a towering skyscraper. Ranny Savage takes a job as a steel worker on a skyscraper to be close to Dorothy Clark, who is caring for her father as he manages the stressful work site. Thrills abound as Ranny stumbles along girders and dangles from soaring heights. But he really finds peril when he discovers a plot to sabotage the construction"--Container.
- Participant:
- Richard Dix, Frances Howard, Theodore Babcock, Percy Moore, Charles Byer, Gunboat Smith, Jack Scannell, Walter Long, Paul Panzer.
- Credits:
- Photography, William Miller; editor, William Le Baron; music score, David Knudtsen.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Cataloged from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1925.
- Based on the story The shock punch / by John Monk Saunders.
- Special contents ©2015.
- OCLC:
- 969275393
- Publisher Number:
- 660845447462
- Online:
- http://www.grapevinevideo.com/shock-punch.html
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