| The Grip of Evil | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | W.A.S. Douglas Harry Harvey |
| Written by | Douglas Bronston |
| Story by | Louis Tracy |
| Produced by |
Balboa Amusement Producing Company E. D. Horkheimer H. M. Horkheimer |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 chapters |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Grip of Evil is a lost 1916 American silent film serial directed by W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. [1] [2] The melodramatic film serial was unusual in its critique of everyday habits and society and with episodes with unhappy endings. [3]
Cast
- Jackie Saunders as Jessie
- Roland Bottomley as John Burton
- Charles Dudley
- Gordon Sackville
- Philo McCullough
- Gloria Payton
- Myrtle Reeves
- Tom Morgan
Chapter titles
- Fate
- The Underworld
- The Upper Ten
- The Looters
- The Way of a Woman
- The Hypocrites
- The Butterflies
- In Bohemia
- The Dollar Kings
- Down to the Sea
- Mammon and Moloch
- Into the Pit
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Humanity Triumphant
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of Evil at silentera.com
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1953). Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. Grosset & Dunlap. p. 120. ISBN 0-399-50667-5.
- ^ Singer, Ben (2001). Melodrama and Modernity: Early Sensational Cinema and Its Contexts. Film and Culture. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-231-11328-5.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
The Grip of Evil.
| The Grip of Evil | |
|---|---|
|
Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | W.A.S. Douglas Harry Harvey |
| Written by | Douglas Bronston |
| Story by | Louis Tracy |
| Produced by |
Balboa Amusement Producing Company E. D. Horkheimer H. M. Horkheimer |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
|
Running time | 14 chapters |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Grip of Evil is a lost 1916 American silent film serial directed by W.A.S. Douglas and Harry Harvey. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. [1] [2] The melodramatic film serial was unusual in its critique of everyday habits and society and with episodes with unhappy endings. [3]
Cast
- Jackie Saunders as Jessie
- Roland Bottomley as John Burton
- Charles Dudley
- Gordon Sackville
- Philo McCullough
- Gloria Payton
- Myrtle Reeves
- Tom Morgan
Chapter titles
- Fate
- The Underworld
- The Upper Ten
- The Looters
- The Way of a Woman
- The Hypocrites
- The Butterflies
- In Bohemia
- The Dollar Kings
- Down to the Sea
- Mammon and Moloch
- Into the Pit
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Humanity Triumphant
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Grip of Evil at silentera.com
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1953). Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. Grosset & Dunlap. p. 120. ISBN 0-399-50667-5.
- ^ Singer, Ben (2001). Melodrama and Modernity: Early Sensational Cinema and Its Contexts. Film and Culture. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0-231-11328-5.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
The Grip of Evil.