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The New Exploits of Elaine Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Leopold Wharton
Theodore WhartonProduced by Leopold Wharton
Theodore WhartonWritten by Arthur B. Reeve Starring Pearl White
Creighton HaleDistributed by Pathé Exchange
Wharton StudiosRelease date(s) April 5, 1915 Running time 10 episodes Country United States Language Silent
English intertitlesThe New Exploits of Elaine is a 1915 action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton.[1]
Contents
Cast
- Pearl White as Elaine Dodge
- Creighton Hale as Walter Jameson
- Arnold Daly as Detective Craig Kennedy
- Edwin Arden as Wu Fang. Wu Fang appeared in several Pearl White serials. The name was based on a Chinese diplomat. Wu Ting Fang was a Chinese diplomat in Washington and wrote America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat (excerpted in The New York Times, 22 March 1914). This was published less than a year before Arthur B. Reeve created the villain character.[2]
- M.W. Rale as Long Sin. Long Sin, the Yellow Peril character from the first serial, became just an agent of Wu Fang in this serial.[2]
- Bessie Wharton as Aunt Josephine
- Gazelle Marche as Innocent Inez
- Ah Ling Foo as a Chinese Heavy
- Howard Cody
Chapter Titles
- The Serpent Sign
- The Cryptic Ring
- The Watching Eye
- The Vengeance of Wu Fang
- The Saving Circles
- Spontaneous Combustion
- The Ear In The Wall
- The Opium Smugglers
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- Shadows of War
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The New Exploits of Elaine". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/ExploitsofElaine1914.html. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ a b Stedman, Raymond William. "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 39. ISBN 9780806109275.
External links
Categories:- 1915 films
- American films
- American silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Pathé film serials
- Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
- Films directed by Leopold Wharton
- Films directed by Theodore Wharton
- Silent film stubs
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