The Gray Ghost (serial)
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Directed by | Stuart Paton |
Written by | Stuart Paton |
Based on | Loot by Arthur Somers Roche |
Starring | Harry Carter Priscilla Dean |
Cinematography | Eugene Gaudio[1] |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 16 episodes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton.[2] It is presumed to be lost.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Harry Carter as The Gray Ghost
- Priscilla Dean as Morn Light
- Emory Johnson as Wade Hildreth
- Eddie Polo as Jean Marco[4]
- Gypsy Hart as Cecilia
- Wilton Taylor as Ashby
- Gertrude Astor as Lady Gwendolyn
- Lew Short as Jerry Tyron (credited as Lou Short)
- Richard La Reno as Mr. Olmstead
- John Cook as John Reis
- T. D. Crittenden as Brenner Carlow
- J. Morris Foster as Fred Olmstead
- Francis McDonald as Williams[5]
- Howard Crampton as William Arabin[5]
- Sydney Deane as The Commissioner[6]
- Charles Dorian as Jimmie Pelham of The Star[5]
- Nigel De Brulier as Jacques
- Frank Tokunaga as Mora[7]
- Burton Law as Bludso[7]
- Dan Leighton as Brant[7]
Episodes
[edit]- The Bank Mystery
- The Mysterious Message
- The Warning
- The Fight
- Plunder
- The House of Mystery
- Caught In The Web
- The Double Floor
- The Pearl Necklace
- Shadows
- The Flaming Meteor
- The Poisoned Ring
- The Tightening Snare
- At Bay
- The Duel
- From Out of The Past
Reception
[edit]Like many American films of the time, The Gray Ghost was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors refused to issue a permit for Chapter 5 of the serial because it portrayed the methods of an organized band of criminals used in the robbery of a large jewelry store.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Staff Writer (July 21, 1917). "'Gray Ghost' Gets Away With Rush". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 3. New York: Chalmers Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Rainey, Buck (February 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.
- ^ Bennet, Carl (January 23, 2004). "Progressive Silent Film List: The Gray Ghost". Silent Era. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ Pepper, Peter (June 16, 1917). "Eddie Polo". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 18. p. 9.
- ^ a b c Staff Writer (July 21, 1917). "Episode Five of 'The Gray Ghost'". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 23. p. 32.
- ^ Staff Writer (September 8, 1917). "'The Gray Ghost', Episode 13". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 4. p. 38.
- ^ a b c Howard, Marjorie (June 16, 1917). "Tools of 'The Gray Ghost'". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 18. p. 25.
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (15): 33. October 6, 1917.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Gray Ghost (serial).
- The Gray Ghost at IMDb
- Loot at the Internet Archive