The Hidden Hand
(1917-1918) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by James Vincent
Cast: Doris Kenyon [Doris Whitney], Sheldon Lewis [Doctor Scarley], Mahlon Hamilton [Jack Ramsey], Arline Pretty [Vera Orane], Henry Sedley, William Slade
Distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Charles W. Goddard, from a screen story by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Gauntlet of Death,” released 23 November 1917; [2] “Counterfeit Faces,” released 30 November 1917; [3] “The Island of Dread,” released 7 December 1917; [4] “The False Locket,” released 14 December 1917; [5] “The Air-Lock,” released 21 December 1917; [6] “The Flower of Death,” released 28 December 1917; [7] “The Fire Trap,” released 4 January 1918; [8] “Slide for Life,” released 11 January 1918; [9] “Jets of Flame,” released 18 January 1918; [10] “Cogs of Death,” released 25 January 1918; [11] “Trapped by Treachery,” released 1 February 1918; [12] “Eyes in the Wall,” released 8 February 1918; [13] “Jaws of the Tiger,” released 15 February 1918; [14] “The Unmasking,” released 22 February 1918; [15] “The Girl of the Prophecy,” released 1 March 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 3 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 177-178, 285 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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