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Unidentified player (top) and Ruth Roland.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Timber Queen
Also known as 森林女王 in Japan
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Fred Jackman
Cast: Ruth Roland [Ruth Reading], Bruce Gordon [Don Mackay], Val Paul [James Cluxton], Leo Willis [Bull Joyce], Frank Lackteen [Vance], Bull Montana, Al Ferguson, Otto Freez (Al Freez), Chris Linton (Chris Lynton)
Ruth Roland Serials, Incorporated, production for Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathéserial]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Bertram Millhauser, from a screen story by Val Cleveland (Carl Krusada). Production supervised by Hal E. Roach (Hal Roach). / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Log Jam,” released 16 July 1922 (three reels); [2] “The Flaming Forest,” released 23 July 1922 ; [3] “Guilty as Charged,” released 30 July 1922; [4] “Go Get Your Man,” released 6 August 1922; [5] “The Yukon Trail,” released 13 August 1922; [6] “The Hidden Pearl,” released 20 August 1922; [7] “Mutiny,” released 27 August 1922; [8] “The Smuggler’s Cave,” released 3 September 1922; [9] “Horned Fury,” released 10 September 1922; [10] “Human Vultures,” released 17 September 1922; [11] “The Runaway Engine,” released 24 September 1922; [12] “The Abyss,” released 1 October 1922; [13] “The Stolen Wedding,” released 8 October 1922; [14] “One Day to Go,” released 15 October 1922; [15] “The Silver Lining,” released 22 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Prints exist of chapters one, four, eight and nine in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; in a private film collection (chapter 12); also in a private film collection [abridged Pathéx 9.5mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ropes - Transportation: Trains
Listing updated: 3 October 2014.
References: Promotional materials : Braff-Short n. 24; Lahue-Continued pp. 104-105, 231, 289; Stedman-Serials pp. 24, 44-45 : ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by William O’Farrell and Robert Youhouse.
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