A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Air Legion
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6361 feet
Directed by Bert Glennon

Cast: Ben Lyon [Dave], Antonio Moreno [Steve Rogers], Martha Sleeper [Sally], John Gough [McGonigle], Colin Chase [the field manager]

FBO Pictures Corporation production; distributed by RKO Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Fred Myton, from a screen story by James Ashmore Creelman. Costume design by Walter Plunkett. Assistant director, Charles Kerr. Cinematography by Paul P. Perry. Film editor, Archie Marshek. Intertitles written by Randolph Bartlett. Presented by William LeBaron. / © 6 January 1929 by FBO Pictures Corporation [LP25973]. Released 6 January 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Silent film?

Drama: Action.

Reviews: [Photoplay, April 1929, page 8] : Story about the air mail service that has nothing but a good idea to recommend it.

Survival status: Print exists in The Cinema Museum film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 January 2025.

References: Photoplay-192904 p. 8 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.