The Masked Menace

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The Masked Menace
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Film poster
Directed by Arch Heath
Written by Clarence Budington Kelland
Starring Larry Kent
Jean Arthur
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • October 12, 1927 (1927-10-12)
Running time
10 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

The Masked Menace is a 1927 American drama film serial directed by Arch Heath and mostly filmed in Berlin, New Hampshire. It was adapted from the story "Still Face" by pulp writer Clarence Budington Kelland and was released in ten chapters. It is now considered to be lost. [1]

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Plot

The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton (Jean Arthur), is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats Dodd (Larry Kent). The masked villain's identity is revealed in the final chapter.

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Masked Menace". Silent Era. Retrieved February 16, 2008.