Sunday, October 10, 2004

The Iron Claw. Chapter Seven: The Hooded Helper


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The Iron Claw. Chapter Seven: The Hooded Helper. My screenshot from YouTube.

THE IRON CLAW. EPISODE SEVEN: THE HOODED HELPER (Pathé, US 1916)
    Dir: Edward Jose; cast: Pearl White, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, Harry Fraser; rel. 10.4.1916.
    35 mm, ? ft, UCLA Film and Television Archive.
    The Iron Claw. Episode Seven: The Hooded Helper: online.
    In the presence of Richard Koszarski and Carl Meyers.
    Grand piano: Phil Carli.
    Viewed at Teatro Zancanaro, Sacile, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (GCM): Fort Lee, 10 Oct 2004.

Richard Koszarski (GCM): "In revenge for having had his arm cut off by a cuckolded husband, Legar (later known, for obvious reasons, as The Iron Claw) had kidnapped the man’s daughter and raised her for a life of crime. Returned to her father years later by The Laughing Mask, a mysterious crusader for good, Margery (Pearl White) soon becomes involved in the search for a missing treasure map, which provides the excuse for weekly conflict between the forces of good and evil. One of the few locally-produced Pearl White serial episodes to survive in an intact, tinted 35 mm original." – Richard Koszarski (GCM)

AA: In 35 mm from a rare print of a Pearl White serial. Fine tinting.

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