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The Haunted Island
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Robert Hill (Robert F. Hill)

Cast: Jack Daugherty (Jack Dougherty) [Jerry Fitzjames], Helen Foster [Rosalind Joy], Carl Miller [Yetor King], Al Ferguson [Spring Gilbert], John T. Prince [Mark Joy], Grace Cunard [Mary Strong], [?] Myrtle Grinley or Myrtis Grinley?, Wilbur Mack, Scotty Mattraw, John Wallace

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Frank R. Adams. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “A Night of Fear,” released 26 March 1928; [2] “The Phantom Raider,” released 2 April 1928; [3] “A Trail of Terror,” released 9 April 1928; [4] “The Haunted Room,” released 16 April 1928; [5] “Buried Alive,” released 23 April 1928; [6] “A Race with Death,” released 30 April 1928; [7] “Fires of Fury,” released 7 May 1928; [8] “The Treasure Trap,” released 14 May 1928; [9] “Unmasked,” released 21 May 1928; [10] “Uncut Diamonds,” released 28 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom by European Motion Picture Company in 1928. The serial was released in Finland beginning 17 March 1929. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists of a theatrical trailer for the film.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 4 May 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 264-265, 285 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

Home video: DVD.