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Daredevil Jack
Also known as Vivo o muerto in Argentina : [The Adventures of Daredevil Jack]
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jack Dempsey [Jack Derry], Josie Sedgwick [Glory Billings], Hershall Mayall [Leonard Billings], Albert R. Cody [Edgar Billings], Ruth Langston (Ruth Langdon) [Ninette], Edward Hearn [Cyril Dennison], Clyde Benson [butler], Frank Lanning [MacManus, the Indian], Aggie Herring [Mrs. Corcoran], Spike Robinson (W.C. Robinson) [a gang member], Al Kaufman [a gang member], S.E. Jennings [a gang member], Lon Chaney, Junior Coghlan, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Frederick Starr (Fred Starr), Carl Stockdale
[?] Robert Brunton Production or Astra Film Corporation? production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [A Pathé Serial]. / Produced by Robert Brunton. Scenario by W.S. Van Dyke, Harry O. Hoyt and Frederick Chapin, from a screen story by Jack Cunningham. Art direction by Cinematography by Gus Peterson. Film editor, Hal C. Kern. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Mysterious Bracelets,” released 15 February 1920 (three reels); [2] The Ball of Death,” released 22 February 1920; [3] “Wheels of Fate,” released 29 February 1920; [4] “Shanghaied,” released 7 March 1920; [5] “The Race for Glory,” released 14 March 1920; [6] “A Skirmish of Wits,” released 21 March 1920; [7] “A Blow in the Dark,” released 28 March 1920; [8] “Blinding Hate,” released 4 April 1920; [9] “Phantoms of Treachery,” released 11 April 1920; [10] “Paths of Destruction,” released 18 April 1920; [11] “Flames of Wrath,” released 25 April 1920; [12] “The Unseen Menace,” released 2 May 1920; [13] “Baiting the Trap,” released 9 May 1920; [14] “A Terrible Vengeance,” released 16 May 1920; [15] “The Triple Chase,” released 23 May 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: Dead or Alive and Daredevil Durant. The serial was released in Spain beginning 27 December 1921.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Fragmentary print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [chapters 1-4 and another unidentified chapter, 16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 6 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 77, 202, 284; Spehr-American p. 100; Stedman-Serials pp. 28, 54; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Robert Youhouse.
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