The Lightning Raider

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The Lightning Raider
Film poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	John B. Clymer Charles W. Goddard George B. Seitz
Based on	stories written by May Yohe
Produced by	Pathe Pictures
Starring	Pearl White Warner Oland Boris Karloff
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange Astra Films
Release date	January 15, 1919 (1919-01-15)
Running time	300 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Lightning Raider is a 1919 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was the on-screen debut of Boris Karloff, albeit as an extra.^[1] The film serial survives in an incomplete state with some reels preserved at the Library of Congress Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection and other film archives, but it is not available on home video.^[1] The serial was shown in France as Par Amour.^[1]

Plot
Cast
Episodes
See also
References
External links

Plot

A beautiful young woman is in reality a daring master thief. While fleeing the scene of her latest robbery, she meets a handsome young millionaire named Thomas Babbington North. The film belongs to the sensationalistic "Yellow Menace" genre of its time, with Warner Oland playing the insidious Oriental Wu Fang.

Cast

Pearl White as The Lightning Raider
Warner Oland as Wu Fang
Henry G. Sell as Thomas Babbington North
Ruby Hoffman as Lottie
William P. Burt as The Wasp (credited as William Burt)
Frank Redman as Hop Sing
Nellie Burt as Sunbeam
Sam Kim
Henrietta Simpson
Boris Karloff as an extra
Billy Sullivan (credited as William A. Sullivan)
Anita Brown

Episodes

The Ebony Block
The Counterplot
Underworld Terrors
Through Doors of Steel
The Brass Key
The Mystic Box
Meshes of Evil
Cave of Dread
Falsely Accused
The Baited Trap
The Bars of Death
Hurled Into Space
The White Roses
Cleared of Guilt
Wu Fang Atones

References

1 2 3 "Progressive Silent Film List: The Lightning Raider". Silent Era. Retrieved November 29, 2009.

External links

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v t e Pathé Exchange serials
With Wharton, Inc. (1914–1915)	The Perils of Pauline The Exploits of Elaine The New Exploits of Elaine The Romance of Elaine
With Astra Films (1916–1920)	Pearl of the Army The Shielding Shadow The Fatal Ring The Hidden Hand Mystery of the Double Cross The Seven Pearls Hands Up The House of Hate Bound and Gagged The Lightning Raider Terror of the Range The Tiger's Trail Daredevil Jack The Phantom Foe Pirate Gold The Third Eye Trailed by Three
With Ruth Roland Serials (1919-1924)	The Adventures of Ruth Ruth of the Rockies The Avenging Arrow White Eagle The Timber Queen Haunted Valley Ruth of the Range
Pathé Exchange Only (1921–1929)	Double Adventure Her Dangerous Path The Fortieth Door Galloping Hoofs Into the Net Leatherstocking Ten Scars Make a Man The Way of a Man The Green Archer The House Without a Key Idaho Sunken Silver Wild West Play Ball The Bar C Mystery Casey of the Coast Guard The Fighting Marine Snowed In The Crimson Flash Hawk of the Hills The Masked Menace Melting Millions On Guard Eagle of the Night The Man Without a Face Mark of the Frog The Terrible People The Tiger's Shadow The Yellow Cameo The Black Book The Fire Detective Queen of the Northwoods
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v t e Films directed by George B. Seitz
1910s	The Exploits of Elaine (1914) The Romance of Elaine (1915) The Iron Claw (1916) The Fatal Ring (1917) The House of Hate (1918) The Lightning Raider (1919) Bound and Gagged (1919) The Black Secret (1919)
1920s	Pirate Gold (1920) Velvet Fingers (1920) Rogues and Romance (1920) The Sky Ranger (1921) Hurricane Hutch (1921) Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922) Speed (1922) Plunder (1923) The Way of a Man (1924) Leatherstocking (1924) The Fortieth Door (1924) Into the Net (1924) Galloping Hoofs (1924) Sunken Silver (1925) Wild Horse Mesa (1925) The Vanishing American (1925) Desert Gold (1926) The Last Frontier (1926) The Ice Flood (1926) Pals in Paradise (1926) Jim, the Conqueror (1926) The Blood Ship (1927) Great Mail Robbery (1927) The Isle of Forgotten Women (1927) The Tigress (1927) The Warning (1927) After the Storm (1928) Ransom (1928) Beware of Blondes (1928) Court-Martial (1928) The Circus Kid (1928) Blockade (1928) Hey Rube! (1928) Black Magic (1929)
1930s	Murder on the Roof (1930) Guilty? (1930) Midnight Mystery (1930) Danger Lights (1930) The Lion and the Lamb (1931) The Drums of Jeopardy (1931) Arizona (1931) Shanghaied Love (1931) Night Beat (1931) Sally of the Subway (1932) Temptation's Workshop (1932) Docks of San Francisco (1932) Sin's Pay Day (1932) Passport to Paradise (1932) The Widow in Scarlet (1933) Treason (1933) The Thrill Hunter (1933) The Women in His Life (1933) Lazy River (1934) The Fighting Ranger (1934) Buried Loot (1935) Society Doctor (1935) Shadow of Doubt (1935) Times Square Lady (1935) Calm Yourself (1935) Woman Wanted (1935) Kind Lady (1935) Exclusive Story (1936) Absolute Quiet (1936) The Three Wise Guys (1936) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) Tarzan Escapes (1936) Mad Holiday (1936) Under Cover of Night (1937) Mama Steps Out (1937) A Family Affair (1937) The Thirteenth Chair (1937) Between Two Women (1937) My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) You're Only Young Once (1937) Judge Hardy's Children (1938) Yellow Jack (1938) Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Out West with the Hardys (1938) The Hardys Ride High (1939) 6,000 Enemies (1939) Thunder Afloat (1939) Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
1940s	Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) Kit Carson (1940) Sky Murder (1940) Gallant Sons (1940) Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941) A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) Pierre of the Plains (1942) Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)

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