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]
| The Masked Menace | |
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 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 |
Plot
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Masked Menace". Silent Era. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
External links
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