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The Fatal Ring
Also known as La Reine s’ennuie in France; O Anel Fatal in Portugal
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 20 chapters / 40 reels
Directed by George B. Seitz
Cast: Pearl White [Violet Standish], Earle Foxe [Nicholas Knox], Warner Oland [Richard Carslake], Ruby Hoffman [the priestess], Henry G. Sell [Tom Carlton], Floyd Buckley, Caesare Gravina (Cesare Gravina), Mattie Ferguson, Richard LaMarr, Bert Starkey, Louis J. O’Connor (L.J. O’Connor), Harriet Reller, George B. Seitz
Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Louis J. Gasnier. Scenario by Bertram Millhauser, from a screen story by Fred Jackson [?] and George B. Seitz? / 20 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Violet Diamond,” released 8 July 1917; [2] “The Crushing Walls,” released 15 July 1917; [3] “Borrowed Identity,” released 22 July 1917; [4] “The Warning on the Ring,” released 29 July 1917; [5] “Danger Underground,” released 5 August 1917 ; [6] “Rays of Death,” released 12 August 1917 ; [7] “The Signal Lantern,” released 19 August 1917 ; [8] “The Switch in the Safe,” released 26 August 1917 ; [9] “The Dice of Death,” released 2 September 1917; [10] “The Perilous Plunge,” released 9 September 1917; [11] “The Short Circuit,” released 16 September 1917; [12] “A Desperate Chance,” released 23 September 1917; [13] “A Dash of Arabia,” released 30 September 1917; [14] “The Painted Safe,” released 7 October 1917; [15] “The Dagger Duel,” released 14 October 1917; [16] “The Double Disguise,” released 21 October 1917; [17] “The Death Weight,” released [?] 28? October 1917; [18] “The Subterfuge,” released [?] 4? November 1917; [19] “The Cryptic Maze,” released [?] 11? November 1917; [20] “The End of the Trail,” released [?] 18? November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in France as La Reine s’ennuie by Pathé Frères in 1918.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : A complete print may exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 5 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 58, 175-176, 284; Stedman-Serials p. 17 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Paul Nauman.
Home video: DVD.
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