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The Gray Ghost
Also known as Fantasma Gris in Portugal : {The Grey Ghost}
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 16 chapters / 33 reels
Directed by Stuart Paton
Cast: Harry Carter [‘The Gray Ghost’], Priscilla Dean [Morn Light], Emory Johnson [Wade Hildreth], Eddie Polo [Marco], Gypsy Hart [Celia], Wilton Taylor [Ashby], Gertrude Astor [Lady Gwendolyn], Lou Short (Lew Short) [Jerry Tyron], Richard La Reno (Dick La Reno) [Mr. Olmstead], John Cook [John Reis], T.D. Crittenden [Mr. Carlow], J. Morris Foster [Fred Olmstead], Howard Crampton [Arabin], Sidney Dean (Sydney Deane) [Chief of the Detective Bureau], Francis McDonald [Williams], Charles Dorian [Jimmie Pelham], Nigel de Brulier [Jacques], Frank Tokunaga [Mora, the Gray Ghost’s valet], Daniel Leighton
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Stuart Paton, from a novel by Arthur Somers Roche. / 16 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Bank Mystery,” released 30 June 1917 (three reels); [2] “The Mysterious Message,” released 7 July 1917; [3] “The Warning,” released 14 July 1917; [4] “The Fight,” released 21 July 1917; [5] “Plunder,” released 28 July 1917; [6] “The House of Mystery,” released 4 August 1917; [7] “Caught in the Web,” released 11 August 1917; [8] “The Double Floor,” released 18 August 1917; [9] “The Pearl Necklace,” released 25 August 1917; [10] “Shadows,” released 1 September 1917; [11] “The Flaming Meteor,” released 8 September 1917; [12] “The Poisoned Ring,” released 15 September 1917; [13] “The Tightening Snare,” released 22 September 1917; [14] “At Bay,” released 29 September 1917; [15] “The Duel,” released 6 October 1917; [16] “From Out of the Past,” released 13 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Scenes in chapter 2 were shot at the Brock and Company Jewelers store in Los Angeles, California. The serial was released in Portugal as Fantasma Gris beginning on 8 August 1918.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Robbery - Criminals: Thieves - Jewelry stores - Robberies - Serials - USA: California: Los Angeles
Listing updated: 4 May 2020.
References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 91, 95; Lahue-Collecting p. 150; Lahue-Continued pp. 55, 176-177, 285; Stedman-Serials p. 48 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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