- The House Without a Key (serial)
Infobox Film
name = The House Without a Key
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director =Spencer Gordon Bennet
producer =
writer =Earl Derr Biggers (novel)
Frank Leon Smith
narrator =
starring =Allene Ray
Walter Miller
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Pathé Exchange
released =21 November ,1926
runtime = 10 episodes
country = USA
language = Silent
English intertitles
budget =
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amg_id = 1:258941
imdb_id = 0015930"The House Without a Key" is a 1926 mystery
film serial directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet . It is based on the novel of the same name and is the first onscreen appearance of the fictional detectiveCharlie Chan , although the main stars areAllene Ray and Walter Miller. [cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors=Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 181
chapter = 8. The Detectives "Gangbusters!" ] The film is now considered to be lost.cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GreenArcher1925.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Green Archer |accessdate=2008-02-16|work=Silent Era]Cast
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Allene Ray - Carry Egan
* Walter Miller - John Quincy Winterclip
*E. H. Calvert - Dan Winterclip
* Betty Caldwell - Barbara Winterclip
* Natalie Warfield - Minerva Winterclip
* Jack Pratt - James Egan
*William Bailey - Harry Jennison (as William Norton Bailey)
*Frank Lackteen - Kaohla
*George Kuwa -Charlie Chan
*Harry Semels - Saladine
* Charles West - Bowker (as Charles H. West)
*John Cossar - District Attorney
* Scott Seaton - Detective
* Cliff Saum - Kennedy
*John Webb Dillon
* Shia Jung - The young chinese girl (uncredited)ee also
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List of film serials
*List of film serials by studio References
External links
*imdb title|id=0015930|title=The House Without a Key
*amg title|id=1:258941|title=The House Without a Key
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