{"product_id":"the-block-signal-silent","title":"The Block Signal (Silent)","description":"Veteran train conductor Joe Ryan realizes he's become color blind with age. Prospective engineer Bert Steele takes advantage of Joe's predicament during an evening train ride with him, and disaster results. Although Joe is demoted, the railroad is suspicious of Bert's motives and puts a plan in motion to show him up and put Joe back in the operator's cab.\u003cp\u003eIllinois-born Ralph Lewis was a stage actor before beginning his film career; he appeared in many shorts and was then cast as Austin Stoneman in D. W. Griffith's \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (1915). Jean Arthur got started in the movie business during the latter half of the silent era; her career eventually took off with talkies, where she was cast by John Ford for \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Town's Talking\u003c\/i\u003e (1935) and Frank Capra for \u003ci\u003eMr. Smith Goes to Washington\u003c\/i\u003e (1939). Accomplished vaudeville actor George Chesebro played leading roles in silents; he then embarked upon a prolific film career consisting of B-Westerns like \u003ci\u003eCuster's Last Stand\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) and \u003ci\u003eSaddle Mountain Roundup\u003c\/i\u003e (1941). Director Frank O'Connor grew up in New York and had an extensive acting career beginning with silents and continuing on through television. Among the movies he helmed were \u003ci\u003eOne of the Bravest\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) and \u003ci\u003eThe Masked Angel\u003c\/i\u003e (1928).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802207281302,"sku":"089218725790","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218725790.jpg?v=1762189693","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/the-block-signal-silent","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}