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Pearl White (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Pearl of the Army
Also known as Le courrier de Washington in France; 陸軍のパール in Japan
(1916-1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Edward José [?] and George B. Seitz?
Cast: Pearl White [Pearl Date], Ralph Kellard [?] [Captain Ralph Payne or Captain Ralph Paine and T.O. Adams]?, Marie Wayne [Bertha Bonn], Theodore Friebus [Major Brent], W.T. Carleton (William T. Carleton) [Colonel Dare], Floyd Buckley, Joe Cuny
Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by George B. Seitz, from a screen story by [?] Guy McConnell? / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Traitor,” released 3 December 1916, © 14 October 1916 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (Astra Film Corporation, author) [LU9315]; [2] “Found Guilty,” released 10 December 1916; [3] “The Silent Menace,” released 17 December 1916; [4] “War Clouds,” released 24 December 1916; [5] “Somewhere in Grenada,” released 31 December 1916; [6] “Major Brent’s Perfidy,” released 7 January 1917, © 17 January 1917 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (Astra Film Corporation, author) [LU10004]; [7] “For the Stars and Stripes,” released 14 January 1917; [8] “International Diplomacy,” released 21 January 1917; [9] “The Monroe Doctrine,” released 28 January 1917; [10] “The Silent Army,” released 4 February 1917; [11] “A Million Volunteers,” released 11 February 1917; [12] “The Foreign Alliance,” released 18 February 1917; [13] “Modern Buccaneers,” released 25 February 1917; [14] “The Flag Despoiler,” released 4 March 1917, © 15 February 1917 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (Astra Film Corporation, author) [LU10202]; [15] “The Colonel’s Orderly,” released 11 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was later edited to 10 chapters and rereleased by another company than Pathé. Dawson City recovery film numbers 395 (chapter 1, reel 1), 466 (chapter 6, reel 1), 465 (unknown chapter, single reel), 458 (chapter 14, reel 1), and 89 (chapter 14, reel 2).
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [fragmentary 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (chapter 1, 813 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1979, FPD 8818; chapter 6, 867 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1983, FPD 7964; chapter 14, 1550 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1985, FPA 3313, [reel 2] duplicated 1979, FPA 3314), fragmentary 35mm fine-grain reference positive (chapter 1, 813 feet, [reel 1] struck 1979, FEB 2350; chapter 6, 867 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1983, FEB 4687; chapter 14, 1550 feet, [reel 1] struck 1985, FEB 6923, [reel 2] struck 1985, FEB 6924)] and (AFI/Triangle Laboratories Estate collection) [16mm reduction positive (chapter 1, received 1982, FBC 6334)]; and in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive (Stanford Theatre Foundation collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 30 April 2020.
References: Kobal-Fifty pp. 18, 19; Lahue-Bound p. 47; Lahue-Continued pp. 30d, 41-42, 171-172, 287; Menefee-Bernhardt p. 95; Stedman-Serials p. 42 : Website-IMDb; Website-LoC; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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