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The Power God
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Ben Wilson and Francis Ford
Cast: Ben Wilson [Jim Thorpe], Neva Gerber [Aileen Sturgess], Sam Allan (Sam Allen) [John Morgan], Jess Cavin [Bernard Christman], Allan Garcia [Weston Dore], Jack Henderson [the justice of the peace], Catherine Kent [Mrs. Thorpe], Nelson McDowell [Doctor Clack], Lafe McKee [Professor Daniel Sturgess], Ruth Royce [Carrie Dore], William H. Turner [Jarvis Humphries], Grover Eagle Wing (Chief Eagle Wing) [Sabo], Francis Ford [Secret Service agent (chapter 15)], Mary Brooklyn, Mary Crane, John Battaglia
[?] Ben Wilson Productions and/or J. Charles Davis Productions? production; distributed on State Rights basis by Davis Distributing Division, Incorporated, through Vital Exchanges, Incorporated. / Produced by J. Charles Davis. Scenario by George W. Pyper, from a screen story by Harry Haven and Rex Taylor. Cinematography by Alfred Gosden and T.F. Jackson. Film editor, Earl C. Turner. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Ring of Fate,” released 1 May 1925 (three reels); [2] “Trapped,” released 8 May 1925; [3] “The Living Dead,” released 15 May 1925; [4] “Black Shadows,” released 22 May 1925; [5] “The Death Chamber,” released 29 May 1925; [6] “House of Peril,” released 5 June 1925; [7] “Hands in the Dark,” released 12 June 1925; [8] “The 59th Second,” released 19 June 1925; [9] “Perilous Waters,” released 26 June 1925; [10] “The Bridge of Doom,” released 3 July 1925; [11] “Treachery,” released 10 July 1925; [12] “The Storm’s Lash,” released 17 July 1925; [13] “The Purloined Papers,” released 24 July 1925; [14] “The Flaming Menace,” released 31 July 1925; [15] “The Wages of Sin,” released 7 August 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Wilson directed chapters 1 through 4, with Ford directing the remainder. The serial was distributed by Goodwill Pictures of California, Incorporated, after Davis and Vital went bankrupt. The serial was released in the United Kingdom by International Cinema in 1926.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 29 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 95; Lahue-Continued pp. 248-249, 287; Limbacher-Feature p. 289; Stedman-Serials p. 43 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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