The Screaming Shadow

The Screaming Shadow
Poster for film serial
Directed by	Ben F. Wilson Duke Worne
Written by	J. Grubb Alexander (scenario) Harvey Gates (scenario)
Starring	Ben F. Wilson Neva Gerber
Cinematography	King Gray
Distributed by	Hallmark Pictures Corporation
Release date	February 22, 1920 (1920-02-22) (United States)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Screaming Shadow is a 1920 American 15-chapter silent action film serial directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne. The film is considered to be lost. The serial's themes of "eternal life" and "premature burial" seem to tilt it into the horror genre as well. Actor/co-director Wilson died at age 54 in 1930 from a heart ailment.

Plot

A criminal organization called the Black Seven are after the secret of eternal life. They also seek world domination, and their first move in that direction is to seize the royal throne of Prince Rupert of Burgonia.

Cast

• Ben F. Wilson as John Rand (as Ben Wilson)
• Neva Gerber as Mary Landers
• Frances Terry as Nadia
• Howard Crampton as J.W. Russell
• Joseph W. Girard as Baron Pulska
• William Dyer as Jake Williams
• William A. Carroll as Harry Malone
• Fred Gamble as Fred Wilson
• Pansy Porter as Young maiden
• Claire Mille as Young maiden
• Joseph Manning as The butler

Chapter titles

1. A Cry in the Dark
2. The Virgin of Death
3. The Fang of the Beast
4. The Black Seven
5. The Vapor of Death
6. The Hidden Menace
7. Into the Depths
8. The White Terror
9. The Sleeping Death
10. The Prey of Mong
11. Liquid Fire
12. Cold Steel
13. The Fourth Symbol
14. Entombed Alive
15. Unmasked

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

External links

• The Screaming Shadow at IMDb