Silver Wings (1922)
A Lightning Bolt From a Clear Sky
90 min
Carr plays Anna Webb, whose husband John (Lynn Hammond) invents a new kind of sewing machine. The patent makes the family wealthy, and after Webb dies, Anna takes over the business. She puts her sons John (Percy Helton) and Harry Joseph Striker) in charge of the factory, while daughter Ruth (Jane Thomas) elopes. When Harry steals some money, the blame falls on John, who leaves town.
- Release date
- May 22, 1922
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mary Carr as Anna Webb (prologue
- Mary Carr as play)
- Lynn Hammond as John Webb (prologue)
- Knox Kincaid as John (prologue)
- Joseph Monahan as Harry (prologue)
- Maybeth Carr as Ruth (prologue)
- Robert Hazelton as The Minister (prologue)
- Florence Short as Widow Martin (prologue)
- May Kaiser as Her Child (prologue)
- Claude Brooke as Uncle Andrews (play)
- Percy Helton as John (play)
Crew
- Edwin Carewe · Director
- John Ford · Director
- Paul Sloane · Writer
- Robert Kurrle · Cinematographer
- Joseph Ruttenberg · Cinematographer