A 200-minute silent serial from 1924 that nobody can find. The ultimate cinematic ghost.
Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War in this 10 episode serial based on the James Fenimore Cooper tales. Chapter titles: 1. The Warpath 2. The Secret Trail 3. The Hawk's Eyes 4. The Paleface Law 5. Ransom 6. The Betrayal 7. Rivenoak's Revenge 8. Out of the Storm 9. The Panther 10. Mingo Torture.
Production
10 cliffhanging chapters of pure 1924 pulp ambition.
Direction
Seitz's serial craft before he became a Poverty Row legend.
Director
George B. Seitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Tyler, credited simply as 'Indian,' would later play Captain Marvel and Tonto in Republic serials. Full circle.
This serial condensed Cooper's entire Leatherstocking saga — the ur-text of American frontier mythology — into pure adrenaline cliffhanger commerce.
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