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LanguageSilent with English intertitles DirectorJacques Jaccard
William Desmond Taylor Release dateMay 3, 1915 DirectorsWilliam Desmond Taylor, Jacques Jaccard SequelSequel to the Diamond from the Sky People also search forSequel to the Diamond from the Sky GenresSilent film, Short Film, Adventure Film, Indie film, Black-and-white CastLottie Pickford, Charlotte Burton, William Russell, Irving Cummings, Jack Hoxie
The Diamond from the Sky is a 1915 American silent adventure film serial starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell, and directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor.
The prologue, in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the finding of “The Diamond From the Sky” which later becomes the heirloom of the Stanley family, while the two reels of the first chapter show the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia aristocrats and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, two hundred years later.
When a girl is born to the young wife of Colonel Arthur Stanley, the latter, to retain an earldom and “The Diamond From the Sky,” buys a new born Gypsy baby boy and substitutes it for his own babe. Judge Lamar Stanley visits Colonel Arthur Stanley’s home to see the child just as Hagar, the gypsy woman, bursts into the room to demand her boy, and the colonel falls unconscious across the library table.
Cast
Lottie Pickford as Esther Stanley, the Gypsy Heroine. The role was originally offered to her sister Mary Pickford.
Irving Cummings as Arthur Stanley II
William Russell as Blair Stanley
Charlotte Burton as Vivian Marston
Eugenie Forde as Hagar Harding
George Periolat as Luke Lovell
Orral Humphrey as Marmaduke Smythe
William Tedmarsh as Quabba, the Hunchback
Hart Hoxie as Matt Hardigan
George Field
Rhea Mitchell
Nell Franzen
Roy Stewart
Charles Watt
Chapter titles
A Heritage of Hate
An Eye For An Eye
The Silent Witness
The Prodigal's Progress
For The Sake of A False Friend
Shadows at Sunrise
The Fox and The Pig
A Mind In The Past
A Runaway Match
Old Foes With New Faces
The Web of Destiny
To The Highest Bidder
The Man In The Mask
For Love And Money
Desperate Chances
The Path of Peril
The King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts
The Charm Against Harm
Fire, Fury And Confusion
The Soul Stranglers
The Lion's Bride
The Rose In The Dust
The Double Cross
The Mad Millionaire
A House of Cards
The Garden of The Gods
Mine Own People
On the Wings of the Morning
A Deal With Destiny
The American Earl
Production
The story was purposely left unfinished, in the same manner as The Million Dollar Mystery. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.