The Diamond From the Sky (1915)
LOTTIE PICKFORD in
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
Dear Friend,
I saw Lottie Pickford in the $800,000.00 "Flying A" Photoplay -- The Diamond From the Sky -- She's Great! Go See Her!
MAJESTIC
MONDAY Nov. 22
From Reel Life, August 7, 1915, page 19.
"The Diamond From the Sky"
From the Picturized Romantic Novel, Produced by Flying "A"
Distributed by the North American Film Corp.
Chapter Fifteen, "Desperate Chances"
CAST
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Esther Stanley |
Lottie Pickford |
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Arthur Stanley, II |
Irving Cummings |
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Blair Stanley |
William Russell |
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Vivian Marston |
Charlotte Burton |
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Hagar |
Eugenia Forde |
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Luke Lovell |
George Periolat |
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Marmaduke Smythe |
Orral Humphrey |
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Quabba, the Hunchback |
W. J. Tedmarsh |
THE crashing of the stage coach down the mountain came clearly to the ears of Blair and Luke. Panting with exertion and excitement, they sped down the steep hillside to witness their work, nor stopped until they stood beside the shattered old coach body. There, prone amid the wreckage, lay Esther and Marmaduke Smythe. Esther's eyes were closed, but she bad been thrown out providentially, it would seem, along with a cushion from the coach, which had saved here even from shock and bruise.
At the approach of her enemies, she turned, stirring as one half conscious and in pain. Slipping the Stanley document from her bosom,, she hid it under a stone. She could not doubt that the tragic accident to the coach was Blair's work As she file him stooping over her, she stirred, sat up, and gazed resolutely at both Blair and the gypsy. Instantly, Luke picked her up in his arms. "You bring her baggage," he commanded of Stanley, roughly. "She isn't dead, thank God!" In this way she was borne back to the blacksmith shop.
When Esther professed to know nothing about the Stanley document, and declared that no such paper was upon her person, her latter statement at least was respected by her kidnappers. Blair forced open the suitcase he had brought with him. Esther could hardly restrain a smile, despite her desperate situation, when the bag proved to contain apair of striped pajamas, some shirts and collars, a flash, and other male belongings, very evidently the property of Marmaduke Smythe. Neither one of her captors trusting the other to guard their prey, the two worthies tied her securely and went back to the wrecked coach to find the right suit case, and as they hoped, the document. Meanwhile, however, the eccentric English had come to his senses. Clutching the only piece of baggage in sight, and still clinging to his stag's head and gun, he had trotted off int the wilderness. When Blair and the gypsy reached the place they could find no trace of Esther's belongings.
Back in the blacksmith shop, the girl, having feeed herself of her bonds, was beating upon the door and crying for help. Quabba, climbing the mountain on Esther's trail, heard and recognized her voice. Instantly, his dark broodings over the loss of The Diamond From the Sky which, before his very eyes, had been snatched by a swooping pelican from the gills of the fish which the organ-grinder had been in the act of hauling within reach, vanished as suddenly as had that slippery gen. Seizing a sledge which stood by the door of Esther's prison, he battered it till it fell. Shedding tears of joy, the two fugitives sped off through the gathering darkness. Blair and Luke, returning a few minutes later, cursed their luck and gave pursuit.
When day broke on the other side of the mountain, at the Lady Veronica mines, the hoarse whistle of the power plant woke Esther and Quabba where they had fallen exhausted in their flight on the mountain side. It also roused to their evil purposes Luke Lovell and Blair Stanley. But by the time Esther and her faithful bodyguard could reach the mine opening at the trestle end, one glance showed them that the workings were deserted. Arthur and his men were gone. Whither could they now flee for refuge? Nearer and nearer came the speeding Luke and Blair. They had dared to cross the canyon by means of the empty ore cradle which Quabba had operated on the thin line of cable suspended over the sickening height. Now, inspired by despair, the Italian sprang into the little electric engine by the min mouth. Esther climbed up beside him, and Quabba turned the controller. Then, in they went, into the darked heart of the hills. After them, came their relentless pursuers.
At the same time, far away in Los Angeles, "John Powell," back from the mountains, was taking possession of a magnificent new yacht. From her hotel window, Vivian Maston spied upon his movements. A scant half hour before, she had ordered a sail-boat. Arthur, standing at the wheel, receiving his first instructions from a sailing master, was startled by a wild cry forward. A small sail-boat, with a woman at the helm, lay right across his bow. The next instant the little craft was struck. It veered and crumpled on its side. The woman was in the water. Arthur hurled himself after her. Vivian, risking her life for a diamond, had plotted to cross the young millionaire's path "impressively." So far, at least, she had succeeded.
But the gem of which this unscrupulous, fair woman was in quest, lay in an inland marsh in a frog puddle. Far overhead in the blue, a pelican with open bill, winged his way into infinity.
From Reel Life, August 7, 1915, page 33
WHIZ-Z-Z-Z!
One of the countless thrills in "The Dialmond From the Sky," the wonderful continued photoplay in chapters. Esther (Lottie Pickford) and Quabba (W.J. Tedmarsh) escape their pursuers in this breath-taking manner. A thrill from chapter 15, appearing now in leading theaters.
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
A Picturized Romantic Novel by Roy L. McCardell
The Greatest Ever!
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with Lottie Pickford, William Russell, and Irving Cummings. Directed by Jacques Jacard and William Desmond Taylor. American (Flying A).
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