The Grip of Evil
Also known as A Sina de uma Mulher in Portugal
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 14 chapters
Directed by W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey
Cast: Jackie Saunders [Jessie], Roland Bottomley [John Burton], Charles Dudley, Gordon Sackville, Philo McCullough, Gloria Payton, Myrtle Reeves, Tom Morgan
The Balboa Amusement Producing Company production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by E.D. Horkheimer and H.M. Horkheimer. Scenario by Douglas Bronston, from a screen story by Louis Tracy. / 14 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Fate,” released 17 July 1916; [2] “The Underworld,” released 24 July 1916; [3] “The Upper Ten,” released 31 July 1916; [4] “The Looters,” released 7 August 1916; [5] “The Way of a Woman,” released 14 August 1916; [6] “The Hypocrites,” released 21 August 1916; [7] “The Butterflies,” released 28 August 1916; [8] “In Bohemia,” released 4 September 1916; [9] “The Dollar Kings,” released 11 September 1916; [10] “Down to the Sea,” released 18 September 1916; [11] “Mammon and Moloch,” released 25 September 1916; [12] “Into the Pit,” released 2 October 1916; [13] “Circumstantial Evidence,” released 9 October 1916; [14] “Humanity Triumphant,” released 16 October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in Portugal as A Sina de uma Mulher beginning 12 November 1921.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 4 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 47, 169, 285; Tarbox-Lost p. 191 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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