The Silver Streak (1934)
December 21, 1934Release Date
The Silver Streak (1934)
December 21, 1934Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hardie Albright
Allan Dexter
Sally Blane
Ruth Dexter
Charles Starrett
Tom Caldwell
Irving Pichel
Bronte
William Farnum
Barney J. Dexter
Arthur Lake
Crawford
Thomas Atkins
Director
Theodore von Eltz
Tyler
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Silver Streak is a 1934 American black-and-white film drama from RKO, loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum, and Hardie Albright.
The original Zephyr train was used for the film's exterior shots, while interior scenes were filmed on a Hollywood sound stage. For the film, the "Burlington Route" nameplate on the train's nose was replaced with one that read "Silver Streak". One of the film's promotional items was a small book called The Story of the Silver Streak, illustrated with black-and-white film stills.In 2006 Con-Cor International, Ltd. produced scale models of the Pioneer Zephyr. A limited number (350 HO scale and 250 N scale) of these bore the film's Silver Streak nameplate instead of the standard Burlington Route nameplate.