The Diamond from the Sky

The Diamond from the Sky
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Directed by	Jacques Jaccard William Desmond Taylor
Written by	Roy L. McCardell
Starring	Lottie Pickford Irving Cummings William Russell
Production company	Flying "A" Studios
Distributed by	American Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	May 3, 1915
Running time	U.S.:900 min (30 episodes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Diamond from the Sky is a 1915 American silent adventure film serial starring Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, and William Russell, and directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor.

It is considered to be a lost film.

The prologue, in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the finding of “The Diamond From the Sky” which later becomes the heirloom of the Stanley family, while the two reels of the first chapter show the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, two hundred years later.

When a girl is born to the young wife of Colonel Arthur Stanley, the latter, to retain an earldom and “The Diamond From the Sky,” buys a new born Gypsy baby boy and substitutes it for his own babe. Judge Lamar Stanley visits Colonel Arthur Stanley’s home to see the child just as Hagar, the gypsy woman, bursts into the room to demand her boy, and the colonel falls unconscious across the library table.

The story was purposely left unfinished, in the same manner as The Million Dollar Mystery. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.