The Block Signal is 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Jean Arthur, and Hugh Allan. It was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures.The AFI Catalog of Feature films: The Block Signal Progressive Silent Film List: The Block Signal at silentera.com
Synopsis A veteran railroad engineer discovers that his eyesight is failing and he is becoming colorblind. Bert Steele his fireman who craves promotion deliberately misleads him about a signal leading him to be demoted. Jealous and frustrated by his unrequited love for the engineer's daughter Grace, Steele considers a more direct form of sabotage.
Cast Ralph Lewis as 'Jovial Joe' Ryan Jean Arthur as Grace Ryan Hugh Allan as Jack Milford George Chesebro as Bert Steele Sidney Franklin as 'Roadhouse' Rosen Leon Holmes as 'Unhandy' Andy Missouri Royer as Jim Brennan
Preservation Prints of The Block Signal are preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Academy Film Archive.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Block Signal
References
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.
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