The Vanishing Dagger

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The Vanishing Dagger
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Advertisement announcing the serial with stills from two other Eddie Polo films
Directed by Edward A. Kull
J. P. McGowan
Eddie Polo
Written by Jacques Jaccard
Hope Loring
Milton Moore
George W. Pyper
StarringEddie Polo
Thelma Percy
CinematographyEdward A. Kull
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • June 7, 1920 (1920-06-07)
Running time
18 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Vanishing Dagger is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by Edward A. Kull, J. P. McGowan, and Eddie Polo. It is presumed to be a lost film. [1] Portions of this serial were filmed in England. [2] The film had the working title The Thirteenth Hour.

Contents

Cast

Plot

Chapter titles

  1. The Scarlet Confession
  2. The Night of Terror
  3. In Death's Clutches
  4. On the Trail of the Dagger
  5. The End of the Rustlers
  6. A Terrible Calamity
  7. Plunged to His Doom
  8. In Unmerciful Hands
  9. The Lights of Liverpool (a.k.a. Ferocious Foes)
  10. When London Sleeps
  11. A Race to Scotland
  12. An Evil Plot
  13. Spears of Death
  14. Walls of Doom
  15. The Great Pendulum
  16. Beneath the Sea
  17. Beasts of the Jungle
  18. The Vanishing Dagger (a.k.a. Silver Linings)

See also

References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Vanishing Dagger". silentera.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  2. Buck, Rainey (1999). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. pp. 247–48. ISBN   978-0-7864-4702-2.