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The Iron Claw
Also known as Le masque aux dents blanches in France; A Máscara dos Dentes Brancos in Portugal
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 20 chapters / 40 reels
Directed by Edward José and George B. Seitz
Cast: Pearl White [Margery Golden], Creighton Hale [Davey], Sheldon Lewis [Legar, the Iron Claw], Harry L. Fraser [the Laughing Mask], J.E. Dunn [Enoch Golden], Carey Lee [Mrs. Golden], Clare Miller [Margery, as a child], Henry G. Sell [‘Wrench’], Edward José [Manley], E. Cooper Willis, Allan Walker, Bert Gudgeon, George B. Seitz
Feature Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Edward José. Scenario by George B. Seitz, from a screen story by Arthur Stringer. Production supervision by Edward José. / 20 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Vengeance of Legar,” released 28 February 1916; [2] “The House of Unhappiness,” released 6 March 1916; [3] “The Cognac Mask,” released 13 March 1916; [4] “The Name and the Game,” released 20 March 1916; [5] “The Incorrigible Captive,” released 27 March 1916; [6] “The Spotted Warning,” released 3 April 1916 ; [7] “The Hooded Helper,” released 10 April 1916 ; [8] “The Stroke of Twelve,” released 17 April 1916 ; [9] “Arrows of Hate,” released 24 April 1916; [10] “The Living Dead,” released 1 May 1916; [11] “The Saving of Dan O’Mara,” released 8 May 1916; [12] “The Haunted Canvas,” released 15 May 1916; [13] “The Hidden Face,” released 22 May 1916; [14] “The Plunge for Life,” released 29 May 1916; [15] “The Double Resurrection,” released 5 June 1916; [16] “The Unmasking of Davy,” released 12 June 1916; [17] “The Vanishing Fakir,” released 19 June 1916; [18] “The Green-Eyed God,” released 26 June 1916; [19] “The Cave of Despair,” released 3 July 1916; [20] “The Triumph of the Laughing Mask,” released 10 July 1916 . / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was originally announced at 12 chapters.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [incomplete 35mm positive (chapter 7)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 5 August 2024.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 113, 130; Lahue-Continued pp. 42, 169-170, 286; Stedman-Serials p. 16 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information supplied by Scott Simmon.
Home video: DVD.
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