The Night Message

The Night Message
Directed byPerley Poore Sheehan
Screenplay byRaymond L. Schrock
Perley Poore Sheehan
StarringHoward Truesdale
Gladys Hulette
Charles Cruz
Margaret Seddon
Norman Rankow
Robert Gordon
CinematographyJackson Rose
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 17, 1924 (1924-03-17)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Night Message is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Perley Poore Sheehan and written by Raymond L. Schrock and Perley Poore Sheehan. The film stars Howard Truesdale, Gladys Hulette, Charles Cruz, Margaret Seddon, Norman Rankow, and Robert Gordon. The film was released on March 17, 1924, by Universal Pictures.[1][2][3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] the Lefferts and Longstreet families live in a southern mountain region and are enemies. Elsie Lefferts and Lee Longstreet are sweethearts Old Man Lefferts favors the suit of telegraph operator Lem Beeman. The latter, while hunting, accididentally shoots Elsie's brother, Harney. Lee is blamed for the killing and is arrested and sentenced to death. The telegraph wires are down in a storm when Lem decides to confess. He reaches the prison in time to save Lee but is himself killed. The lovers are reunited.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "The Night Message (1924) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "Night Message (1924)". AllMovie. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Night Message". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Pardy, George T. (April 5, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Night Message". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 27. Retrieved November 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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