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The Fire Detective
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Spencer G. Bennet (Spencer Gordon Bennet) and Thomas L. Storey
Cast: Gladys McConnell [Gladys Samuels], Hugh Allan [Captain Jeff Tarant], Leo Maloney [Chief Carson], Frank Lackteen [Mr. Tarant], John Cossar [District Attorney Samuels], Larry Steers [Charles Lewis], Bruce Gordon, Carlton S. King
Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathéserial]. / Scenario by George Arthur Gray, from a screen story by Frank Leon Smith. / © 1924 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Arson Trail,” released 3 March 1929; [2] “The Pit of Darkness,” released 10 March 1929; [3] “The Hidden Hand,” released 17 March 1929; [4] “The Convict Strikes,” released 24 March 1929; [5] “On Flaming Waters,” released 31 March 1929; [6] “The Man of Mystery,” released 7 April 1929; [7] “The Ape Man,” released 14 April 1929; [8] “Back from Death,” released 21 April 1929; [9] “Menace of the Past,” released 28 April 1929; [10] “The Flame of Love,” released 5 May 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : However, a frame enlargement of the serial’s main title appears in Lahue-Bound p. 97, indicating that prints may still exist.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 4 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Bound p. 97; Lahue-Collecting pp. 68; Lahue-Continued pp. 272, 285 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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