Death from a Distance
1935 film by Frank R. Strayer
- September 17, 1935 (1935-09-17)
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Death from a Distance is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Russell Hopton, Lola Lane and George F. Marion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.
It was the first feature film broadcast on U.S. commercial television, on July 2, 1941, during the first week of official commercial broadcasts on NBC's New York television station WNBT-TV.
Plot summary
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.
Cast
- Russell Hopton as Det. Lt. Ted Mallory
- Lola Lane as Kay Palmer
- George F. Marion as Jim Gray
- Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Ernst Einfeld
- John St. Polis as Prof. Trowbridge
- Lew Kelly as Det. Regan
- E.H. Calvert as District Attorney
- Wheeler Oakman as Langsdale, aka George Fremont
- Robert Frazer as Morgan
- Cornelius Keefe as Clay Gorman
- John Davidson as Ahmad Haidru
- John Dilson as Newspaper Editor McConnell
- Herb Vigran as the Police Photographer
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Death from a Distance.
- "Happy Birthday, TV" Variety, July 1, 2011 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039380
- Death from a Distance at IMDb
- Death from a Distance is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Frank R. Strayer
- An Enemy of Men (1925)
- The Fate of a Flirt (1925)
- The Lure of the Wild (1925)
- Steppin' Out (1925)
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926)
- When the Wife's Away (1926)
- Pleasure Before Business (1927)
- The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
- Now We're in the Air (1927)
- Rough House Rosie (1927)
- Just Married (1928)
- Moran of the Marines (1928)
- Partners in Crime (1928)
- Acquitted (1929)
- The Fall of Eve (1929)
- Borrowed Wives (1930)
- Let's Go Places (1930)
- Anybody's Blonde (1931)
- Caught Cheating (1931)
- Dragnet Patrol (1931)
- Soul of the Slums (1931)
- Murder at Midnight (1931)
- The Monster Walks (1932)
- Dynamite Denny (1932)
- Manhattan Tower (1932)
- The Crusader (1932)
- Tangled Destinies (1932)
- Gorilla Ship (1932)
- Love in High Gear (1932)
- Behind Stone Walls (1932)
- Forbidden Melody (1933)
- El rey de los gitanos (1933)
- The Vampire Bat (1933)
- In the Money (1933)
- By Appointment Only (1933)
- Dance Girl Dance (1933)
- Las fronteras del amor (1934)
- La cruz y la espada (1934)
- Fugitive Road (1934)
- In Love with Life (1934)
- The Ghost Walks (1934)
- Cross Streets (1934)
- Fifteen Wives (1934)
- Port of Lost Dreams (1934)
- One in a Million (1934)
- Twin Husbands (1934)
- Condemned to Live (1935)
- Public Opinion (1935)
- Death from a Distance (1935)
- Symphony of Living (1935)
- Society Fever (1935)
- Sea Spoilers (1936)
- Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936)
- Laughing at Trouble (1936)
- Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
- The Jones Family in Big Business (1937)
- Off to the Races (1937)
- Borrowing Trouble (1937)
- Hot Water (1937)
- Blondie! (1938)
- Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
- Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
- Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
- Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
- Blondie on a Budget (1940)
- Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
- Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
- Blondie in Society (1941)
- Go West, Young Lady (1941)
- Blondie for Victory (1942)
- Blondie Goes to College (1942)
- Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
- Daring Young Man (1942)
- Footlight Glamour (1943)
- It's a Great Life (1943)
- Mama Loves Papa (1945)
- Senorita from the West (1945)
- I Ring Doorbells (1946)
- Messenger of Peace (1947)
- Reaching from Heaven (1948)
- The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
- The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
- Venture of Faith (1951)
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