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The Red Circle
Also known as Le cercle rouge in France
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 14 chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Sherwood MacDonald
Cast: Ruth Roland [June Travers], Frank Mayo [Doctor Max Lamar], Philo McCullough, Gordon Sackville [the chief of police], Corinne Grant [Mary, June’s nurse], Mollie McConnell [Mrs. Travis], Andrew Arbuckle, Bruce Smith, Bert Francis, Ruth Lackaye, Myrtle Reeves, Daniel Gilfether [Circle Jim Barden], Makoto Inokuchi [the butler], Fred Whitman, Frank Erlanger, Edward Peters [Circle’s son]
The Balboa Amusement Producing Company production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Production by H.M. Horkheimer and E.D. Horkheimer. Scenario by Will M. Ritchey, from a novel by Albert Payson Terhune. / 14 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Nevermore,” released 16 December 1915; [2] “Pity the Poor,” released 23 December 1915; [3] “Twenty Years Ago,” released 30 December 1915; [4] “In Strange Attire,” released 6 January 1916; [5] “Weapons of War,” released 13 January 1916; [6] “False Colors,” released 20 January 1916; [7] “Third Degree; or, Two Captives,” released 27 January 1916; [8] “Peace at Any Price,” released 3 February 1916; [9] “Dodging the Law,” released 10 February 1916; [10] “Excess Baggage,” released 17 February 1916; [11] “Seeds of Suspicion,” released 24 February 1916; [12] “Like a Rat in a Trap,” released 3 March 1916; [13] “Branded as a Thief,” released 10 March 1916; [14] “Judgment Day,” released 17 March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Roland’s first starring serial.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Birthmarks - Serials
Listing updated: 29 April 2020.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 113, 130; Lahue-Bound pp. 64-65; Lahue-Continued pp. 35, 164-165, 288; Stedman-Serials pp. 36, 48; Tarbox-Lost pp. 191, 196, 221 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Anthony Durrant.
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