The Scarlet Streak
Also known as O Raio Escarlate in Brazil; 深紅の光線 in Japan
(1925-1926) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Henry McRae (Henry MacRae)
Cast: Jack Daugherty (Jack Dougherty) [Bob Evans], Lola Todd [Mary Crawford], John Elliott [Professor Richard Crawford], Al Smith (Albert J. Smith) [Count ‘K’], Al Prisco (Albert Prisco) [Monk], Virginia Ainsworth [Leontine, Monk’s accomplice], Monte Montague [the butler]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Face in the Crowd,” released 20 December 1925; [2] “Masks and Men,” released 27 December 1925; [3] “The Rope of Hazard,” released 3 January 1926; [4] “The Death Ray,” released 10 January 1926; [5] “The Lost Story,” released 17 January 1926; [6] “The Plunge of Peril,” released 24 January 1926; [7] “The Race of Terror,” released 31 January 1926; [8] “The Cable of Courage,” released 7 February 1926; [9] “The Dive of Death,” released 14 February 1926; [10] “Universal Peace,” released 21 February 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom by European Motion Picture Company in 1926.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 28 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 126-127, 254, 288; Stedman-Serials p. 48 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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