All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923) Online
Cast overview: | |||
Malcolm McGregor | - | Joel Shore | |
Billie Dove | - | Priscilla Holt | |
Lon Chaney | - | Mark Shore | |
William Orlamond | - | Aaron Burnham | |
Robert McKim | - | Finch | |
Bob Kortman | - | Vorde | |
Otto Brower | - | Morrell | |
Curt Rehfeld | - | Hooper | |
William V. Mong | - | Cook | |
Leo Willis | - | Tom | |
Shannon Day | - | The Brown Girl |
This film is considered lost. Please check your attic.
Once completely lost. December 2014 it was made public that some footage (probably 2 reels or more) are existing in an Archive in Netherlands.
In a surviving letter to his business manager, Lon Chaney was less than complimentary to some of his co-stars. He called Malcolm McGregor a "dumb-bell" and said that Billie Dove "one of those 'Blah' sort that has all beauty and no brains." He approved of the work in the film being done by Robert McKim and William V. Mong.
Several whaling ships were used in the film, including the "Port Saunders" (65-foot) and a much older vessel called the "Carolyn Frances" (165-foot).
Several crew members and actor Malcolm McGregor were rescued when two small whale pursuit boats being used for the film collided and capsized. The incident was reportedly all caught on film.
Despite his antipathy towards public appearances, Lon Chaney, in a surviving letter to his business manager, reported that during production he acted as a celebrity ticket seller for a dance benefiting victims of the Jackson Mine Disaster (aka the Argonaut Mine disaster in Jackson, California, that occurred on August 22, 1922, and killed at least 47 people). Chaney sold tickets for the event but made it clear he would not deliver any speeches.