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Irene Castle.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Patria
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Theodore W. Wharton, Leopold D. Wharton and Jacques Jaccard
Cast: Mrs. Vernon Castle (Irene Castle) [Patria Channing; and Elaine], Milton Sills [Captain Donald Parr], Warner Oland [Baron Huroki], Dorothy Green [?] [Fanny Adair or Fanny Blair]?, George Maharoni (George Majeroni) [Señor Juan de Lima], Wallace Beery [Pancho Villa], Marie Walcamp [Bess Morgan], Allan Murnane [Rodney Wrenn], Elsie Baker, Leroy Baker, Floyd Buckley, Nigel Barrie, Charles Brinley, Howard Cody, Jack Holt, Frank Honda, Sojin (Sojin Kamiyama), George Lessley, M.W. Rale, L. Dick Stewart (F.W. Stewart), Robin H. Townley, Rudolph Valentino [a dancer]
Wharton, Incorporated, production for International Film Service Company, Incorporated; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Theodore W. Wharton and Leopold D. Wharton. Scenario by J.B. Clymer (John B. Clymer) and Charles W. Goddard, from the novel The Last of the Fighting Channings by Louis Joseph Vance. Art direction by E. Douglas Bingham and Archer Chadwick (Archelaus D. Chadwick). Head electrician, Leroy Baker. Assistant director, James Gordon. Cinematography by Levi Bacon, John K. Holbrook, Ray June and Lew Tree + [Arthur C. Miller]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Premiered 6 January 1917. 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] released 14 January 1917 (three reels); [2] released 21 January 1917; [3] released 28 January 1917; [4] released 4 February 1917; [5] released 11 February 1917; [6] released 18 February 1917; [7] “Red Dawn,” released 25 February 1917; [8] released 4 March 1917; [9] released 11 March 1917; [10] released 18 March 1917; [11] released 25 March 1917; [12] released 1 April 1917; [13] released 8 April 1917; [14] released 15 April 1917; [15] released 22 April 1917. / William Randolph Hearst provided financing for the serial. Jaccard directed scenes shot in California (chapters 11-15) while the Whartons directed scenes shot in Ithaca, New York (chapters 1-10).
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [incomplete (chapters 1-4 and 10 only)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Japanese - Mexicans - Serials - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 30 April 2020.
References: Bohn-Light p. 36; Brownlow-Parade p. 261; Edmonds-BigU p. 101; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 11; Lahue-Bound pp. 33, 49, 68; Lahue-Continued pp. 48-50, 180-181, 287; Pitts-Hollywood p. 8; Stedman-Serials p. 41 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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