George Brackett Seitz was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914).
John Francis Seitz, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer and inventor.
William Farnum was an American actor. He was a star of American silent cinema, and he became one of the highest-paid actors during this time.
King of the Texas Rangers (1941) is a Republic film serial. Set in the years prior to America entering World War II, the plot is slightly anachronistic in that the serial features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not unknown in the B-Western films also produced by Republic. Although the serial's plot involves cowboys battling Axis agents in Texas, Nazis are never named as such, but their presence is strongly implied within the serial.
The Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American Pre-Code Mascot 12 episode film serial, directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason and produced by Nat Levine. The film stars John Wayne in his first serial role. He would go on to star in two other serials for Mascot, The Hurricane Express (1932) and The Three Musketeers (1933). The Shadow of the Eagle is now in the public domain.
Bound and Gagged is a 1919 American silent film serial produced by George B. Seitz Productions and distributed by Pathé. It was a spoof of the clichéd melodramatic serials of the era.
James Lew Meehan was an American film actor.
Robert Donald Walker was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1953. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles.
The Moon Riders is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton. The serial is considered lost. It ran for 18 episodes.
Pirate Gold is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Seitz also directed a feature-length version of the serial, Rogues and Romance, released in December 1920. The 10-episode serial was re-edited into the feature-length film Rogues and Romance (1920). The serial is now considered a lost film.
Snowed In is a 1926 American silent drama film serial in 10 episodes/chapters. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Allene Ray and Walter Miller. Aviation film historian James H. Farmer considered Snowed In as an "above average serial of the period."
Eagle of the Night is a 1928 American drama film serial directed by James F. Fulton. Dismissed when released and completely forgotten in the modern era, the 10-chapter aviation serial starred real-life aviator Frank Clarke, a stunt pilot in such fare as Wings (1927), Hell's Angel (1930), and The Flying Deuces (1939).
Velvet Fingers is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Although the film is listed as lost by some sources, a copy is available in the archives of the Cinémathèque Française.
Hurricane Hutch is a 1921 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film is considered to be lost. The story concerns the search for a lost formula for making paper from seaweed that will save a mortgaged papermill.
Speed is a 1922 American action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The story is a typically convoluted serial plot. Speed Stansbury is heir to a large fortune. A master criminal hires someone to frame Speed for murder and bank robbery. As Speed pursues the man who can prove his innocence to South America, he himself is followed by Lucy, the woman he loves.
Rogues and Romance is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. The film was a feature-length version of the serial Pirate Gold, also directed by Seitz, and was shot in Europe. The film survives incomplete in the Library of Congress collection and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
Peggy Shanor was an American actress in silent films.
Trapped in the Sky is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Lewis D. Collins and produced by Larry Darmour for Columbia Pictures. The film stars Jack Holt, Ralph Morgan and Katherine DeMille. Holt is the "flyboy" who is trying to find the saboteurs of a "silent" aircraft. The plot device of a "noiseless" or stealthy aircraft is a familiar theme in aviation films of the period, including The Sky Ranger (1921), The Silent Flier (1926) and Eagle of the Night (1928).
The Mysterious Airman is a 1928 American black-and-white 10-chapter silent film serial from Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures. The serial involves a mysterious airman who is after the aviation inventions from a new aircraft company.The Mysterious Airman was one of the last Hollywood silent film serials and, until recently, thought to be a lost film.
The Sky Ranger is a 1928 American silent short film. Directed by Harry Joe Brown the film was an adventure film involving the character of "flyboy" Russ Farrell.
