The Masked Menace
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| Directed by | Arch Heath |
| Written by | Clarence Budington Kelland |
| Starring | Larry Kent Jean Arthur |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
| Release date(s) | October 12, 1927 |
| Running time | 10 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Masked Menace was a 1927 drama film serial directed by Arch Heath and mostly flimed in Berlin, New Hampshire. It was adapted from the story Still Face by pulp writer Clarence Buddington Kelland and was released in ten chapters. It is now considered to be lost.[1]
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[edit] Plot
The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton (Jean Arthur), is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats Dodd (Larry Kent). The masked villain's identity is revealed in the final chapter.
[edit] Cast
- Larry Kent - Keats Dodd
- Jean Arthur - Faith Newton
- Thomas Holding - Carl Phillips
- Laura Alberta - Grandma Newton
- John F. Hamilton - The Half-Wit named Job
- William Norton Bailey
- Gus De Weil
- Agnes De Pome
- Thomas McLarnie (as Tom MacLarnie)
- William Cavanaugh
- Sidney Paxton
- Neill Bridges
- Tully Nash
- Edward Roseman
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Masked Menace". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HawkoftheHills1927.html. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
[edit] External links
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