Following the successful mid-1948 telecasts of Othello (1922) and The Eagle (1925), New York City's WJZ (Channel 7), began a series of silent film feature presentations, shown more or less in their entirety, which aired intermittently for the next twelve months. This feature was initially broadcast Wednesday 17 August 1949 in both New York City on WJZ (Channel 7) and in Baltimore on WAAM (Channel 13) and in Washington DC on WMAL (Channel 7).