Above and below, photos from the original cast of "Zeppelin."

Both "Midstream" and "Zeppelin" were completed and ready for release as silent films by the Tiffany-Stahl studio before the decision was made to turn them into "talkies."  The original cast of "Zeppelin" featured Conway Tearle co-starring with Claire Windsor (seen in photo above) and had Larry Kent and Duke Martin in the cast under the direction of Reginald Barker.  Major changes were made to salvage the film.  Edward Sloman was brought in as a new director and Ricardo Cortez and Virginia Valli became the new talking co-stars of the film.  Claire Windsor and Larry Kent were entirely dropped from the cast.  The new "talking" footage was spliced into the original silent version, given the new name of "The Lost Zeppelin," and released on December 20, 1929.

Dates Issued
1929
10/12/1929 
Physical Description
8 reels; 6,882 ft.  [silent and sound]
Notes
Director: Edward Sloman 
Story:  John Frances Natteford.
Dialogue:  Charles Kenon.
Adaptation:  Frances Hyland.
Star: Conway Tearle (Commander Hall)
Copyright claimant: Tiffany Productions, Inc.
Registration number: Lp909

Watch the entire movie here, on YouTube:

Have a Ball in Cawker...

Aug. 18th and 19th, 2017
  Cawker Picnic, Twine-A-Thon
               and Cook-Off

Part One, April 29, 1930: