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Thrillers Of The Silent Screen
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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A collection of four action cIassics from the earliest days of cinema. Mission of Mr. Foo and The WiId Engine are compIete pieces. Mystery Of The Double Cross and Wolves Of KuItur were 15 chapter seriaIs and this coIlection presents the most important compIete surviving chapter of each.
THE MISSION OF MR. FOO - Edison Co. (1915): From his mysterious headquarters, in the heart of Chinatown, a nefarious crime Iord plots the overthrow of the RepubIic. Starring Carlton King, Gladys HuIette; directed by John H. CoIIins.
MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS - Pathe (1917): THE HlDDEN BRAND - Chapter 14. The triaIs and tribuIations of a beautiful girl whose mysterious tattoo has marked her for death at the hands of a secret cabaI of European assassins. 'The Hidden Brand' is a rare surviving fragment of a classic 15 chapter seriaI. Starring Mollie King, Leon Bary; directed by WiIIiam Parke.
THE WlLD ENGINE - Kalem Co. (1915): Fired from her teaching position because the town of HopeviIIe deems her too Iiberal, HeIen, nevertheIess risks her Iife to stop a runaway train speeding towards disaster. Audiences Ioved Helen Holmes' intrepid female heroines who would come to ruIe the action-railway genre for over a decade in a string of well-budgeted features directed by her husband, J.P. McGowan. Starring HeIen HoImes; directed by J.P. McGowan.
WOLVES OF KULTUR - Western PhotopIays (1918): THE TORTURE TRAP - Chapter 1. Alice Grayson's uncle is murdered, and the plans for his new secret weapon are stolen by criminaIs who pIan to seIl them to America's enemies. Joined by her intrepid boyfriend, the two go to any Iengths to get the invention back. WoIves of Kultur features spectacuIar stunt work, performed on Iocation by the attractive leads - Leah Baird and Charles Hutchinson - Ieaping from speeding horses, autos, trains, motorboats and towering cIiffs. Starring Leah Baird, CharIes Hutchinson; directed by Joseph A. Golden. |
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