Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames

This 15 chapter serial is considered to be "the last of the adult serials". Produced in Wilkes-Barre, PA., it has crisp editing, fast action, and carefully lit and composed interiors and lush pictorial exteriors. This is a serial of great complexity with the director, the photographer and title-maker always in absolute control. The extraordinary rhythmic momentum of the film is never lost despite the films complex plot turns. This is the best of the surviving serials from the silent era.
7.5
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Editorial context, craft details, and films that share its DNA.
Margaret Fielding
Margaret Fielding
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