Who is Number One?
Also known as Quem Será o nº 1? in Portugal
(1917-1918) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by William Bertram
Cast: Kathleen Clifford [Aimee Villon], Cullen Landis [Tommy Hale], Gordon Sackville, Neil C. Hardin (Neil Hardin), Bruce Smith, Ethel Ritchie, Corinne Grant
Distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From a novel by Anna Katharine Green. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Flaming Cross,” released 29 October 1917; [2] “The Flying Fortress,” released 5 November 1917; [3] “The Sea Crawler,” released 12 November 1917; [4] “A Marine Miracle,” released 19 November 1917; [5] “Halls of Hazard,” released 26 November 1917; [6] “The Flight of the Fury,” released 3 December 1917; [7] “Hearts in Torment,” released 10 December 1917; [8] “Walls of Gas,” released 17 December 1917; [9] “Struck Down,” released 24 December 1917; [10] “Wires of Wrath,” released 31 December 1917; [11] “The Rail Raiders,” released 7 January 1918; [12] “The Show Down,” released 14 January 1918; [13] “Cornered,” released 21 January 1918; [14] “No Surrender,” released 28 January 1918; [15] “The Round Up,” released 4 February 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Twisted Thread. The serial was released in Portugal as Quem Será o nº 1? beginning 15 September 1919.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 26 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 56-57, 184, 289 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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