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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Sky Ranger
Also known as Les rôdeurs de l’air in France
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by George B. Seitz
Cast: June Caprice [June Elliott], George B. Seitz [George Oliver Rockwell], Harry Semels [Doctor Santro], Frank Redman [Professor Elliott], Joe Cuny [Murdock], Peggy Shanor [Tharen], Charles ‘Patch’ Revada [Bean], Thomas Goodwin (Tom Goodwin) [the butler], Spencer Gordon Bennet, Marguerite Courtot
George B. Seitz Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [A Pathé Serial]. / Produced by George B. Seitz. Scenario by Frank Leon Smith. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “Out of the Clouds,” released 1 May 1921 (three reels); [2] “The Sinister Signal,” released 8 May 1921; [3] “In Hostile Hands,” released 15 May 1921; [4] “Desert Law,” released 22 May 1921; [5] “Mid-Air,” released 29 May 1921; [6] “The Crystal Prism,” released 5 June 1921; [7] “Danger’s Doorway,” released 12 June 1921; [8] “Dropped from the Clouds,” released 19 June 1921; [9] “The House on the Roof,” released 26 June 1921; [10] “Trapped,” released 3 July 1921; [11] “The Seething Pool,” released 10 July 1921; [12] “The Whirling Menace,” released 17 July 1921; [13] “At the Last Minute,” released 24 July 1921; [14] “Liquid Fire,” released 31 July 1921; [15] “The Last Raid,” released 7 August 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Man Who Stole the Moon. The serial was released in France as Les rôdeurs de l’air by Pathé Consortium Cinéma beginning 13 July 1923.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Rooftops - Serials - Snipers - Transportation: Aircraft
Listing updated: 27 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 94, 95, 224, 288 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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