Earliest Colt 1921A Appearance In Hollywood Silent Movie

[Arthur Fliegenheimer]

Joseph Von Sternberg's 1927 "Underworld" the precursor to 1932 "Scarface" but with a happy ending.

There is a famous photo (last pic) from the movie that is one for Ripley. You can see the silent film on YouTube:

 

Bull Weed with Colt 1921A

Police Motorcycles with armor

Bull Weed using his Colt 1921A to show his surrender white flag.

 

UNDERWORLD, 1927. Filming a scene for the gangster movie, directed by Joseph von Sternberg in 1927, the cameraman has armored himself against the blast as he films Evelyn Brent fleeing
FILM: UNDERWORLD, 1927. Filming a scene for the gangster movie, directed by Joseph von Sternberg in 1927, the cameraman has armored himself against the blast as he films Evelyn Brent fleeing.

 

 

 

[First Sergeant]

Anyone notice at 1:13:00 The 21 is firing in Semi but the actuator isn't moving!!

[Annihilator]

Looks like a Model made of wood ?

[First Sergeant]

I know this was an old thread but I had to comment. Yes, it does and the drum is clunky to say the least,

[pitfighter]

Feathers really stitched him up bad!

 

 

Looks like a Model made of wood ?

100% - the cop firing it likely has a revolver beneath it, you see the flash from the blank hit the rear of the wooden drum - explains choice ofoverhead shot, too.

 

I think every city police department could benefit from an armourer sidecar with water cooled machine gun - that was cool.

Edited July 19, 2020 by pitfighter