The Yankee Clipper is a 1927 American

Cinema of the United States

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 adventure film

Adventure film

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 produced by Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

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 and directed by Rupert Julian

Rupert Julian

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. It is set against the maritime rivalry between the United States and Great Britain in the mid-19th century.

Plot

Captain Winslow takes a revolutionary new clipper ship, built by his father, on its first voyage, and Mickey Murphy is found stowing away in a burlap sack. While in China

China

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, Winslow attends a dinner hosted by a wealthy Chinese merchant and rescues English maiden Lady Jocelyn Huntington from rioting beggars. Winslow agrees to a race from China to Boston against an English clipper ship. He wins the race and Lady Jocelyn.

Cast

• William Boyd
  William Boyd (actor)
  William Lawrence Boyd was an American film actor best known for portraying Hopalong Cassidy.-Biography:...
  
   ..... Captain Hal Winslow
• Elinor Fair
  Elinor Fair
  Elinor Fair was an American motion picture actress born in Richmond, Virginia. She began her career with the name Eleanor Crowe, changed it to Lenore Fair, and finally settled on Elinor Fair...
  
   ..... Lady Jocelyn Huntington
• Frank Coghlan, Jr. ..... Mickey Murphy
• John Miljan
  John Miljan
  John Miljan was an American actor of Serbian origin. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958.He died from cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Lone Chance * Silent Sanderson...
  
   ..... Paul de Vigny
• Walter Long
  Walter Long (actor)
  Walter Huntley Long was an American character actor in films from the 1910s. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire.-Career:He appeared in many D. W...
  
   ..... Portuguese Joe
• Louis Payne ..... Lord Huntington
• Burr McIntosh
  Burr McIntosh
  William Burr McIntosh had an eclectic career. He was known, at different points in his life, to be a lecturer, photographer, movie studio owner, silent film actor, author, publisher of Burr McIntosh Monthly, reporter and a pioneer in the early movie and radio business.-Life and career:He was born...
  
   ..... Thomas Winslow
• Clarence Burton
  Clarence Burton
  Clarence Burton was an American silent film actor....
  
  ..... Captain McIntosh

External links

• The Yankee Clipper at the silentera.com database
• The Yankee Clipper DVD sales information at silentera