Hawk of the Hills
Also known as Klippebjergenes Ørn in Denmark
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Spencer G. Bennet (Spencer Gordon Bennet)
Cast: Allene Ray [Mary], Walter Miller [Laramie], James Robert Chandler [Clyde Selby], Jack Ganzhorn [Henry Selby], Frank Lackteen [‘The Hawk’], Paul Panzer [Manson], Wally Oettel [Shorty], Harry Semels [Sheckard], Jack Pratt [Colonel Jennings], J. Parks Jones [Lieutenant MacCready], Frederick Dana [Larry], John T. Prince [the hermit], Chief Whitehorse, Chief Yowlachie [Chief Long Hand], Evangeline Russell [an Indian maiden], George Magrill
[?] Pathé Exchange, Incorporated? production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathéserial]. / Scenario by George Arthur Gray, from a screen story by George Arthur Gray. Cinematography by Frank Redman and Edward Snyder. Intertitles written by George Arthur Gray. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Outlaws,” released 28 August 1927; [2] “In the Talons of the Hawk,” released 4 September 1927; [3] “Heroes in Blue,” released 11 September 1927; [4] “The Attack,” released 18 September 1927; [5] “The Danger Trail,” released 25 September 1927; [6] “The Death Menace of Lost Canyon,” released 2 October 1927; [7] “Demons of the Darkness,” released 9 October 1927; [8] “Doomed to the Arrows,” released 16 October 1927; [9] “The House of Horror,” released 23 October 1927; [10] “The Triumph of Law and Law,” released 30 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was edited to feature length and rereleased in 1929. / Silent film.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Print exists (of feature length version) [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 4 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 258, 285; Limbacher-Feature p. 104; Stedman-Serials p. 52 : ClasIm-226 p. 43 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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