The Navy Aviator

The Navy Aviator
Directed bySydney Ayres
Written byLorimer Johnston
StarringSydney Ayres
Caroline Cooke
Jack Richardson
Vivian Rich
Distributed byMutual Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 13, 1914 (1914-05-13)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Navy Aviator is a 1914 American silent short drama film written by Lorimer Johnston and directed by Sydney Ayres. The film stars Ayres, Caroline Cooke, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry von Meter. [1] [2]

The film, set in Mexico,[3] is described by The Bioscope as a "good war and adventure story".[4]

References

  1. ^ American Film Manufacturing Company (1914). "The Navy Aviator". Motion Picture Copyright Descriptions Collection, Class L, 1912–1977. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  2. ^ Braff, Richard E (2002). The Braff Silent Short Film Working Papers. McFarland & Company. p. 348. ISBN 0786410310.
  3. ^ F.F.W. Oldfield (1914). Illustrated Films Monthly (Mar - Aug 1914). New York The Museum of Modern Art Library. London, F.F.W. Oldfield.
  4. ^ The Bioscope (1914). The Bioscope (July-August 1914). New York Public Library.