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'''''Men of Steel''''' was a [[1926]] silent [[List of feature films shot in Birmingham|feature film]] directed by George Archainbaud and starring Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon and May Allison.
'''''Men of Steel''''' was a [[1926]] silent [[List of feature films shot in Birmingham|feature film]] directed by George Archainbaud and starring Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon and May Allison.


The screenplay, by Sills, was based on the story "United States Flavor" by R. G. Kirk, which had been published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' of [[June 14]], [[1924]]. In the film Mills plays Jan Bokak, a fugitive wrongly accused of murder. Under an assumed name he takes a job in a steel mill. He is injured in an accident caused by labor agitators and convalesces at the home of the owner, who has taken a liking to him. His courtship of the owner's daughter, Clare, is interrupted by the reappearance of an old girlfriend and the appearance of an accuser who, after a fight, ends up confessing to the murder himself.  
The screenplay, by Sills himself, was based on the story "United States Flavor" by Ralph G. Kirk, which had been published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' of [[June 14]], [[1924]]. In the film Mills plays Jan Bokak, a fugitive wrongly accused of murder. Under an assumed name he takes a job in a steel mill. He is injured in an accident caused by labor agitators and convalesces at the home of the owner, who has taken a liking to him.


''Men of Steel'' was filmed in [[Ensley]] with many local residents cast as extras. The film premiered at the Ensley's [[Franklin Theatre]]. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures.
His courtship of the owner's daughter, Claire (May Allison), is interrupted by the reappearance of an old girlfriend, Mary (Doris Kenyon) who is secretly Claire's sister. At the same time Bokak's accuser, after attempting to kill him by pouring molten steel over him, ends up confessing to the murder himself.
 
''Men of Steel'' was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was filmed at the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]]'s [[Ensley Works]] and elsewhere in [[Ensley]], with many local residents cast as extras. It premiered in June 1926 at the Mark Strand Theatre on Broadway and had a local premiere the Ensley's [[Franklin Theatre]].
 
Sills and Kenyon were married in October 1926. He died in [[1930]], leaving her with a son.


==References==
==References==
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* Langman, Larry (1998) ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313306575
* Langman, Larry (1998) ''American Film Cycles: The Silent Era''. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313306575
* Wright, A. J. (May 8, 2013) "[http://birminghamhistorycenter.wordpress.com/ Mines, Mills And Moonshine: Silent Filmmaking in the Birmingham Area, Part III]" ''1731 Blog Avenue'' (Birmingham History Center) - accessed November 8, 2013
* Wright, A. J. (November 8, 2013) "[http://discoverbirmingham.org/2013/11/08/silent-movies-made-birmingham-an-update/ Silent Movies Made Birmingham: An Update]" Discover Birmingham - accessed November 8, 2013


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==External links==
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Revision as of 11:15, 8 November 2013

1926 ad for "Men of Steel"

Men of Steel was a 1926 silent feature film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon and May Allison.

The screenplay, by Sills himself, was based on the story "United States Flavor" by Ralph G. Kirk, which had been published in the Saturday Evening Post of June 14, 1924. In the film Mills plays Jan Bokak, a fugitive wrongly accused of murder. Under an assumed name he takes a job in a steel mill. He is injured in an accident caused by labor agitators and convalesces at the home of the owner, who has taken a liking to him.

His courtship of the owner's daughter, Claire (May Allison), is interrupted by the reappearance of an old girlfriend, Mary (Doris Kenyon) who is secretly Claire's sister. At the same time Bokak's accuser, after attempting to kill him by pouring molten steel over him, ends up confessing to the murder himself.

Men of Steel was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was filmed at the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company's Ensley Works and elsewhere in Ensley, with many local residents cast as extras. It premiered in June 1926 at the Mark Strand Theatre on Broadway and had a local premiere the Ensley's Franklin Theatre.

Sills and Kenyon were married in October 1926. He died in 1930, leaving her with a son.

References

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