A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Peacock Fan
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5387 feet
Directed by Phil Rosen

Cast: Dorothy Dwan [Peggy Kendall], Lucien Prival [Doctor Chang Dorfman], Tom O’Brien [Sergeant Brophy], Rosemary Theby [Mrs. Rossmore], Carlton King [Mr. Rossmore], Gladden James [Bertram Leslie], David Findlay [Jerry Carlyle], James Wilcox [Robert Kendall], Spencer Bell [Spencer, the Kendall valet], Fred Malatesta [Thomas Elton], Alice True [Lily, the Kendall maid], John Fowler (J.C. Fowler) [Doctor Whalen], Lotus Long [Feliti], Fujii Kishii [Okuri], Wong Foo [Men Ching]

Chesterfield Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Chesterfield Motion Picture Corporation? [An Argosy Chesterfield-Gem]. / Produced by Lon Young. Scenario by Arthur Hoerl, from a screen story by Adeline Leitzbach. Cinematography by M.A. Anderson. Film editor, James Sweeney. Intertitles written by Lee Authmar. Presented by George R. Batcheller. / No copyright registration. Released 1 August 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 March 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Limbacher-Feature p. 186 : ClasIm-223 p. 49 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.