The Diamond from the Sky
The Diamond from the Sky is a 1915 American silent adventure-film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor and starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell.
Plot
The prologue in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the discovery of a spectacular diamond inside a meteorite, a gem that later becomes the property of the Stanley family, who call their heirloom “The Diamond From the Sky”. The remainder of the first chapter portrays the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia aristocrats and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, 200 years later.
More details
author | Roy McCardell |
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director | Jacques Jaccard William Desmond Taylor |
genre | adventure |
keywords | aristocracy aristocrat baby boy colonel earldom gypsy gypsy woman judge library meteorite romani people virginia |
productionCompany | American Film Manufacturing Company |
publisher | American Film Manufacturing Company |