The Non-Stop Flight
The Non-Stop Flight is a 1926 American silent melodrama directed by Emory Johnson. FBO released the film in March 1926. The film's "All-Star" cast included Knute Erickson and Marcella Daly. Emilie Johnson, Johnson's mother, wrote both the story and screenplay. was the eighth and final film in Johnson's eight-picture contract with FBO.
Plot
In Spring 1906, Captain Lars Larson and his wife, Anna, live in a modest cottage nestled in the harbor town of Laholm set on the western edge of Sweden. Anna is expecting their first child. Lars is packing his seabag for his upcoming sea journey. After Lars finishes packing, they leave the house hand-in-hand and walk to the pier. After exchanging goodbyes, Lars remembers a gift he bought for Anna. He gives her a necklace with a cross attached and "Lars" engraved on the crossbeam. He kisses her, then departs. We see a man to the side following the loving exchanges with visible disdain.
More details
author | Emilie Johnson |
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director | Emory Johnson |
genre | adventure drama romance |
keywords | baby break cheer drift expect fight force kidnap laholm land lose love mystery man outnumber pack pick up read search ship launch smuggle spring submerge sweden their way tramp steamer violent storm west young girl |
producer | Emory Johnson Pat Powers |
publisher | Film Booking Offices of America |
theme | melodrama romantic drama |