Blackbirds is a 1920 silent film crime drama produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play Blackbirds by Harry James Smith. A previous 1915 version starred Laura Hope Crews who starred in the play. This version stars Justine Johnstone and William "Stage" Boyd.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1988Blackbirds as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, January 6 1913; IBDb.com
Plot
Cast Justine Johnstone - Countess Leonie William "Stage" Boyd - Detective(*billed as William Boyd) Charles K. Gerrard - Duval Jessie Arnold - Suzanne Walter Walker - Howard Crocker Marie Shotwell - Edna Crocker Grace Parker - Arline Crocker Ada Boshell - Grandma Crocker Alex Saskins - Griggs
Preservation With no prints of Blackbirds located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Blackbirds
References
External links Blackbirds at IMDb.com
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