Police Reporter
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 10 chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Jack Nelson
Cast: Walter Miller [Hugh Mackay, reporter], Eugenia Gilbert [Nora Hart], William A. Lowery (William Lowery) [Thomas Hart], Robert Belche [Jerome Wiley], Kenneth Duncan (Kenne Duncan)
Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Weiss Brothers-Artclass Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Adolph Weiss, Louis Weiss and Max Weiss. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Phantom,” released 1 March 1928; [2] “The Code of the Underworld,” released 8 March 1928; [3] “The Secret Tube,” released 15 March 1928; [4] “The Flaming Idol,” released 23 March 1928; [5] “The Phantom’s Trap,” released 30 March 1928; [6] “The Girl Who Dared,” released 5 April 1928; [7] “The Wharf Rat,” released 12 April 1928; [8] “The Mystery Room,” released 19 April 1928; [9] “In the Phantom’s Den,” released 26 April 1928; [10] “The Law Wins,” released 3 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom by European Motion Picture Company in 1929. The serial was released in Denmark beginning 6 April 1931. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [incomplete 35mm nitrate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 29 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 266-267, 287 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Kit Parker.
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