The Secret of the Submarine
Appearance
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Directed by | George L. Sargent |
Written by | Richard Barry |
Starring | Juanita Hansen Tom Chatterton |
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Distributed by | Mutual Film |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Secret of the Submarine is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by George L. Sargent. It was 15 chapters and all of them are considered to be lost.[1]
Plot
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The heroes must keep the titular submarine from falling into the hands of the Russians or Japanese.
Cast
[edit]- Juanita Hansen as Cleo Burke. This was Juanita Hansen's serial debut.[2]
- Tom Chatterton as Lt. Jarvis Hope
- Hylda Hollis as Olga Ivanoff
- Lamar Johnstone as Gerald Morton
- George Clancey as Hook Barnacle
- William Tedmarsh as Tatsuma
- Harry Edmondson as Sextus
- George Webb as Mahlin
- Hugh Bennett as Dr. Ralph Burke
- Joseph Beaudry as Calvin Montgomery
- Perry Banks
- Leona Hutton
- George Gebhardt
Production
[edit]Secret of the submarine was written in the lead up to the United States' involvement in World War I by war correspondent Richard Barry.[2] The serial was released 15 days after the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German sub.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret of the Submarine". Silent Era. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
- ^ a b Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.
External links
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- 1915 films
- 1915 lost films
- 1915 adventure films
- American silent serial films
- American black-and-white films
- American Film Company films
- Silent American adventure films
- Lost American adventure films
- Submarine films
- English-language adventure films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- Silent adventure film stubs