The Screaming Shadow
The Screaming Shadow is a 1920 American 15-chapter silent action film serial directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne. The film is considered to be lost.[1] The serial's themes of "eternal life" and "premature burial" seem to tilt it into the horror genre as well. Actor/co-director Wilson died at age 54 in 1930 from a heart ailment.
| The Screaming Shadow | |
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 Poster for film serial | |
| Directed by | Ben F. Wilson Duke Worne |
| Written by | J. Grubb Alexander (scenario) Harvey Gates (scenario) |
| Starring | Ben F. Wilson Neva Gerber |
| Cinematography | King Gray |
| Distributed by | Hallmark Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
A criminal organization called the Black Seven are after the secret of eternal life. They also seek world domination, and their first move in that direction is to seize the royal throne of Prince Rupert of Burgonia.
Cast
- Ben F. Wilson as John Rand (as Ben Wilson)
- Neva Gerber as Mary Landers
- Frances Terry as Nadia
- Howard Crampton as J.W. Russell
- Joseph W. Girard as Baron Pulska
- William Dyer as Jake Williams
- William A. Carroll as Harry Malone
- Fred Gamble as Fred Wilson
- Pansy Porter as Young maiden
- Claire Mille as Young maiden
- Joseph Manning as The butler
Chapter titles
- A Cry in the Dark
- The Virgin of Death
- The Fang of the Beast
- The Black Seven
- The Vapor of Death
- The Hidden Menace
- Into the Depths
- The White Terror
- The Sleeping Death
- The Prey of Mong
- Liquid Fire
- Cold Steel
- The Fourth Symbol
- Entombed Alive
- Unmasked
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References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: The Screaming Shadow". silentera.com. Retrieved February 28, 2008.
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