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The Invisible Hand
Also known as To aorato heri in Greece; 見えざる手 in Japan; A Mão Invisível in Portugal
(1919-1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by William J. Bowman + [Antonio Moreno]
Cast: Antonio Moreno [John Sharpe, also known as ‘The Needle’], Pauline Curley [Ann Crawford, also known as Violet ‘X’ Ray], Jay Morley [Burnett, chief of the Secret Service], Brinsley Shaw [‘The Iron Hand’], George Mellcrest [Potsdam], Sam Polo [Red Black], Charles Rich, Gordon Sackville
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by Graham Baker (C. Graham Baker), from a screen story by Cyrus Townsend Brady and Albert E. Smith. Cinematography by Park Ries. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Setting the Snare,” released December 1919 (three reels); [2] “T.N.T.”; [3] “Winged Death”; [4] “Gassed”; [5] “Dodging Disaster”; [6] “The Closing Jaw”; [7] “The Submarine Cave”; [8] “Outwitted”; [9] “A Heathen Sacrifice”; [10] “Fender of Flesh”; [11] “Flirting with Death”; [12] “Dungeon of Despair”; [13] “Plunging Peril”; [14] “A Modern Mazeppa”; [15] “Closing the Net,” released March 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Moreno directed chapters 14 and 15 to replace Bowman who was ill.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 3 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 68; Lahue-Continued pp. 206, 286; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 159; Slide-BigV p. 312 : ClasIm-223 p. 26 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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