Sat 4 Dec 2010
A Movie Review by Walter Albert: THE FINAL EXTRA (1927).
Posted by Steve under Crime Films , Reviews , Silent films[2] Comments
THE FINAL EXTRA. Gotham Productions / Lumas Film Corp., 1927. Marguerite De La Motte, Grant Withers, John Miljan, Frank Beal, Joseph W. Girard, Billy “Red” Jones, Leon Holmes. Story and scenario by Herbert C. Clark; cinematography by Ray June. Director: James P. Hogan. Shown at Cinevent 42, Columbus OH, May 2010.
Pat Riley (Grant Withers) greatly admires his senior colleague, reporter Tom Collins (Frank Beal) who is murdered when he’s about to reveal the name of the leader of a gang of bootleggers in an expose he’s writing for his newspaper.
Riley, who’s sweet on Collins’ daughter Ruth (Marguerite de la Motte), vows to finish the story, a promise that leads to Ruth being trapped in a house with the murderer as Riley races to her rescue.
Hogan would later direct entries in Paramount’s Bulldog Drummond and Columbia’s Ellery Queen series, while Grant Withers would have a career in sound films that included programmers, serials and, later in his career, several of John Ford’s features.
The Final Extra was a fast-paced, exciting film that was expertly produced in all departments, and was a splendid conclusion to my 34th Cinevent.
December 5th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
This sounds like a delightful film.
Wish I could see it.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
There is a page for it on Amazon, but the DVD is out of stock with no suggestion they will have copies later. There aren’t any third party sellers with copies for sale either.
On the other hand, it does exist, so all we need to do is to keep looking.