Hangman's House (1928)


Hangman's House
Release Date13 May 1928
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
Sound MixSilent
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMelodrama
ThemesLove Triangles
TonesMelancholy, Passionate, Atmospheric, Earnest
TagsHonor [recognition], Horse Racing, Racer, Racetrack, Romance, Sports, Steeplechase

Hangman's House is a 1928 romantic drama genre silent film set in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, directed by John Ford (uncredited) with intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. It is based on a novel by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. It was adapted by Philip Klein with scenarios by Marion Orth. The film is also notable for containing the first confirmed appearance by John Wayne in a John Ford film.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Citizen Denis Hogan

Connaught 'Conn' O'Brien

John D'Arcy

Larry Kent
Dermot McDermot

Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien

Joseph Burke
Neddy Joe, Dermot's Servant

Mary Gordon
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout

Brian Desmond Hurst
Horserace spectator

Eric Mayne
Colonel Of Legionnaires

Jack Pennick
Man bringing Dermot to Hogan

Belle Stoddard
Anne McDermott

Horse Race Spectator, Condemned Man in Flashback

Director

Producer

Malcolm Stuart Boylan
titles

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

Philip Klein
adaptation

uncredited

Marion Orth
writer

producer

Original Music

Tim Curran
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Cinematographer

George Schneiderman
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Editor

Margaret Clancey

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Philip Ford
assistant director

Stunts

Audrey Scott
stunts

Other Crew

presenter

Production Company

Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Fox Film Corporation

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critics' Choice Video

Forgotten Hollywood






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