The Sign of the Claw
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5925 feet
Directed by B. Reaves Eason (B. Reeves Eason)
Cast: Peter the Great (the dog) [Peter], Edward Hearn [Officer Robert ‘Bob’ Conway], Ethel Shannon [Mildred Bryson], Joe Bennett [Jimmy Bryson, Mildred’s brother], Lee Shumway [Al Stokes]; [?] ? [the precinct sergeant]
Gotham Productions production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by Lumas Film Corporation [A Gotham Production]. / Scenario by James Bell Smith, from a screen story by James Bell Smith. Production supervision by Renaud Hoffman. Production assistant, Glenn Belt. Photography (cinematography) by Ray June. Film editor, Fred Burnworth. Titles (intertitles written) by Delos Sutherland. Presented by Sam Sax. / © 28 June 1926 by Gotham Productions [LP22859]. Released May 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Adventure.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative, 35mm acetate projection print]; and in the film holdings of FPA France (Lobster Films collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 August 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : FilmYearBook-1926 p. 329 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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