The Adventures of Peg o’ the Ring
Also known as Peg della pista in Italy; 獣魂 in Japan; A Filha do Circo in Portugal : {Peg o’ the Ring}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard
Cast: Grace Cunard [Peg], Francis Ford [Doctor Lund Jr.], Marc Fenton (Mark Fenton) [Doctor Lund Sr.], Pete Gerald (Peter Gerald) [Flip, the clown], Charles Munn [Pierre Durand], G. Raymond Nye [Big Bill Barnen], Eddie Polo [Polo], Jean Hathaway [Mrs. Lund], Irving Lippner [Marcus, the Hindoo], Jack Ford (John Ford) [Lund’s accomplice], Eddie Boland, Lionel Bradshaw, Jack Duffy
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special]. / Scenario by Grace Cunard and Joe Brandy, from a screen story by Grace Cunard. Cinematography by Harry A. Gant and A.H. Vallet. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Leopard’s Mark,” released 1 May 1916 (three reels); [2] “A Strange Inheritance,” released 8 May 1916; [3] “In the Lion’s Den,” released 15 May 1916; [4] “The Circus Mongrels,” released 22 May 1916; [5] “The House of Mystery,” released 29 May 1916; [6] [?] “The Cry for Help” or “Cry of the Ring”?, released 5 June 1916; [7] “The Wreck,” released 12 June 1916; [8] “Outwitted,” released 19 June 1916; [9] “The Leap,” released 26 June 1916; [10] “In the Hands of the Enemy,” released 3 July 1916 ; [11] “The Stampede,” released 10 July 1916 ; [12] “On the High Seas,” released 17 July 1916 ; [13] “The Clown Act,” released 24 July 1916 ; [14] “The Will,” released 31 July 1916 ; [15] “Retribution,” released 7 August 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Ruth Stonehouse was part of the production but, apparently, her scenes were deleted in editing.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Circuses - Serials
Listing updated: 6 May 2020.
References: Braff-Universal n. 60; Edmonds-BigU p. 89; Katchmer-Eighty p. 304; Lahue-Bound p. 59; Lahue-Collecting pp. 146, 167; Lahue-Continued pp. 42-43, 167, 283; Sinclair-Ford p. 229; Stedman-Serials p. 11 : ClasIm-224 p. 43; MovPicWorld-19160701 p. 141 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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