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The Lost Express
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters
Directed by J.P. McGowan
Cast: Helen Holmes [Helen Thurston], L.D. Maloney (Leo D. Maloney) [Pitts], Thomas Lingham (Tom Lingham) [the baron], V.O. Whitehead (Omar Whitehead) [Valquez], William Brunton [Charles Bonner], Edward Hearn [Francis Murphy], John McKinnon [General Thurston], Will Chapman (William N. Chapman), [?] J.P. McGowan?
The Signal Film Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by J.P. McGowan. Executive producer, Samuel S. Hutchinson. Scenario by J.P. McGowan, from a screen story by Frederick B. Bennett. Assistant director, Virgil Hart. Cinematography by S.A. Sues. Presented by S.S. Hutchinson (Samuel S. Hutchinson). / 15 chapters: [1] released 17 September 1917; [2] “The Destroyed Document,” released 24 September 1917; [3] “The Wreck at the Crossing,” released 1 October 1917; [4] “The Oil Well Conspiracy,” released 8 October 1917; [5] “In Deep Waters,” released 15 October 1917; [6] “High Voltage,” released 23 October 1917; [7] “The Race with the Limited,” released 29 October 1917; [8] “The Mountain King,” released 5 November 1917; [9] “The Looters,” released 12 November 1917; [10] [?] “Fire and Water” or “The Secret of the Mine”? released 19 November 1917; [11] [?] “When North was South” or “A Fight for a Million”? released 26 November 1917; [12] [?] “Law is Law” or “Daring Death”? released 3 December 1917; [13] [?] “Disowned (aka The Escape”? released 10 December 1917; [14] [?] “Trapped” or “Unmasked”? released 17 December 1917; [15] [?] “The Found Express” or “The Return of the Lost Express”? released 24 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 1 May 2020.
References: Braff-Short n. 13390; Lahue-Continued pp. 57-58, 67, 178-179, 286 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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