The Port of Doom

The Port of Doom
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Written by	J. Searle Dawley
Produced by	Daniel Frohman Adolph Zukor
Starring	Laura Sawyer House Peters
Distributed by	State Rights
Release date	November 20, 1913 (1913-11-20)
Running time	4 reels
Country	USA
Language	Silent with English titles

The Port of Doom is a lost ^[1] 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the last of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the third produced by the Famous Players Film Company after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players. ^[2]

Cast

• Laura Sawyer as Kate Kirby
• House Peters as Kate's Father
• David Wall as Fuller (*as Dave Wall)
• Peter Lang as Fornton
• Hattie Forsythe as Vera Fornton
• Hal Clarendon as Capt. Giles
• Henrietta Goodman as Fuller's Wife

Kate Kirby's cases

• The Diamond Crown . (Edison – 1913)
• On the Broad Stairway . (Edison – 1913)
• The Substitute Stenographer . (Edison – 1913)
• Chelsea 7750 . (Famous Players - 1913)
• An Hour Before Dawn . (Famous Players - 1913)
• The Port of Doom. (Famous Players - 1913)

References

1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ..The Port of Doom
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ..The Port of Doom

External links

• The Port of Doom at IMDb.com
• set of 6 surviving Spanish language lobby cards (archived)
• Famous Players herald style advert