The Royal American

The Royal American
Directed by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	George W. Pyper
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Reed Howes Nita Martan Billy Franey
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Production company	Harry J. Brown Productions
Distributed by	Rayart Pictures
Release date	July 1927 (1927-07)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Royal American is a 1927 American silent action adventure film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Nita Martan and Billy Franey.[1] Produced by Brown's own production company, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures.

Synopsis

A young coast guard becomes involved with an altercation with the crew of a ship and finds himself shanghaied aboard. The ship turns out to be gunrunning armaments to South American revolutionaries.

Cast

• Reed Howes as Jack Beaton
• Nita Martan as Gail Morton
• Billy Franey as Mike
• David Kirby as Pat
• J.P. McGowan as Capt. Burke
• Hal Salter as First Mate Dorgan
• Rosa Gore as Mother Meg

References

1. Connelly p.404

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Royal American at IMDb