The Gray Ghost (serial)

The Gray Ghost
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Directed by	Stuart Paton
Written by	Stuart Paton
Based on	Loot by Arthur Somers Roche
Starring	Harry Carter Priscilla Dean
Cinematography	Eugene Gaudio [1]
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date	June 30, 1917 (1917-06-30)
Running time	16 episodes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton. ^[2] It is presumed to be lost. ^[3]

Cast

• Harry Carter as "The Gray Ghost"
• Priscilla Dean as Morn Light
• Emory Johnson as Wade Hildreth
• Eddie Polo as Jean Marco ^[4]
• Gypsy Hart as Cecilia
• Wilton Taylor as Ashby
• Gertrude Astor as Lady Gwendolyn
• Lew Short as Jerry Tyron (credited as Lou Short)
• Richard La Reno as Mr. Olmstead
• John Cook as John Reis
• T. D. Crittenden as Brenner Carlow
• J. Morris Foster as Fred Olmstead
• Francis McDonald as Williams ^[5]
• Howard Crampton as William Arabin ^[5]
• Sydney Deane as The Commissioner ^[6]
• Charles Dorian as Jimmie Pelham of The Star ^[5]
• Nigel De Brulier as Jacques
• Frank Tokunaga as Mora ^[7]
• Burton Law as Bludso ^[7]
• Dan Leighton as Brant ^[7]

Episodes

1. The Bank Mystery
2. The Mysterious Message
3. The Warning
4. The Fight
5. Plunder
6. The House of Mystery
7. Caught In The Web
8. The Double Floor
9. The Pearl Necklace
10. Shadows
11. The Flaming Meteor
12. The Poisoned Ring
13. The Tightening Snare
14. At Bay
15. The Duel
16. From Out of The Past

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Gray Ghost was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors refused to issue a permit for Chapter 5 of the serial because it portrayed the methods of an organized band of criminals used in the robbery of a large jewelry store. ^[8]

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

References

1. Staff Writer (July 21, 1917). "'Gray Ghost' Gets Away With Rush". Moving Picture World. Vol. 33, no. 3. New York: Chalmers Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
2. Rainey, Buck (February 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 99. ISBN   978-0-7864-4702-2.
3. Bennet, Carl (January 23, 2004). "Progressive Silent Film List: The Gray Ghost". Silent Era. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
4. Pepper, Peter (June 16, 1917). "Eddie Polo". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 18. p. 9.
5. Staff Writer (July 21, 1917). "Episode Five of 'The Gray Ghost'". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 23. p. 32.
6. Staff Writer (September 8, 1917). "'The Gray Ghost', Episode 13". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 4. p. 38.
7. Howard, Marjorie (June 16, 1917). "Tools of 'The Gray Ghost'". Moving Picture Weekly. Vol. 4, no. 18. p. 25.
8. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (15): 33. October 6, 1917.

External links

• The Gray Ghost at IMDb
• Loot at the Internet Archive