The Masked Menace
| The Masked Menace | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Arch Heath |
| Written by | Clarence Budington Kelland |
| Starring | Larry Kent Jean Arthur |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Masked Menace is a 1927 American drama film serial directed by Arch Heath and mostly filmed in Berlin, New Hampshire. It was adapted from the story "Still Face" by pulp writer Clarence Budington Kelland and was released in ten chapters. It is now considered to be lost.[1]
Plot
[edit]The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton (Jean Arthur), is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats Dodd (Larry Kent). The masked villain's identity is revealed in the final chapter.
Cast
[edit]- Larry Kent as Keats Dodd
- Jean Arthur as Faith Newton
- Thomas Holding as Carl Phillips
- Laura Alberta as Grandma Newton
- John F. Hamilton as The Half-Wit named Job
- William Norton Bailey
- Edward Roseman
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Masked Menace". Silent Era. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
External links
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- 1927 films
- 1927 drama films
- 1920s adventure drama films
- 1927 lost films
- American silent serial films
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American adventure drama films
- Pathé Exchange film serials
- Films directed by Arch Heath
- 1920s American films
- Silent American adventure drama films
- Silent adventure film stubs