--- title: 'Lightnin'' (1925)' type: 'film' director: 'John Ford' released: '1925-01-01' runtime_minutes: 104 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lightnin-1925' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016022/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Lightnin' (1925) 1925 · 104 min · Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Lightnin' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford. A print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. It was based on a successful play of the same name. The original run of the play started in 1918 at the Gaiety Theatre and continued for 1,291 performances, breaking the record for longest running play at that time. The film was remade in 1930 by Henry King for Fox as an early talkie starring Will Rogers with support from Louise Dresser and Joel McCrea. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford) - **Screenplay:** [Frances Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marion) - **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Joseph H. August](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-h-august) ## Cast - [James A. Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-a-marcus) - [Otis Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/otis-harlan) - [Richard Travers](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-travers) - [Edythe Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edythe-chapman) - [Ethel Clayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-clayton) - [Madge Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/madge-bellamy) - [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst) - [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson) - [Wallace MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-macdonald) - [Jay Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-hunt) - [J. Farrell MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-farrell-macdonald) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lightnin-1925 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3460370); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.