The Shield of Honor
About The Shield of Honor
Diamond thieves are working through a Los Angeles jewelry firm. Jack MacDowell, the police department’s first pilot, uses an airplane on the case and falls for a young woman in the shop. His retired father comes back to help. They go through a burning building, a gunfight, and a fight in the air, and the thieves are arrested. Neil Hamilton plays Jack. Dorothy Gulliver plays the woman. Ralph Lewis is the third lead. Emory Johnson directed.
Cast & crew
More about The Shield of Honor
Emilie Johnson wrote the story. Gladys Lehman and Leigh Jacobson wrote the screenplay. Ross Fisher photographed it. Viola Brothers Shore wrote the English titles. Universal’s Jewel unit produced it. The New York premiere was 10 December 1927. The general United States release was 18 February 1928. The release print was six reels, 6,173 feet. The rest of the shooting was at Universal City. This record’s year stays 1927.
Themes
Making
Johnson staged the chase on the ground and in the air, with Hamilton as the department’s first flyer and Lewis among the leads as the older man who comes out of retirement.
Look
Ross Fisher shot the jewelry case, the fire, and the aerial fight.
Preservation
The film survives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The police weapon in the story is an airplane, called the Sky Cops in the Wikipedia summary.
- FBO is not the distributor. Universal is.
- The officer’s name on the Wikipedia page is Jack MacDowell, not Jim Logan.
- A Commons file names Johnson and the year.
Scenes
- Jack takes the police plane up after the diamond thieves.
- A burning building and a gunfight come before the arrest.
- The last fight is in the air.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Shield of Honor (1927) by Emory Johnson.webm)
