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The Silent Avenger
Also known as 沈黙の復讐者 in Japan; O Vingador in Portugal
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by William Duncan

Cast: William Duncan [Phil Read], Edith Johnson [Helen Durham], Jack Richardson [Irving Somers], Virginia Nightingale [Francine], Ernest Shields [Jack Durham], [?] Willis S. Smith or William S. Smith? [John Durham], Freddie Drogmund [a little boy], Willis L. Robards

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Scenario by C. Graham Baker and William B. Courtney, from a screen story by Cleveland Moffett and Albert E. Smith. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Escape,” released 20 April 1920 (three reels); [2] “Fighting Back,” released 27 April 1920; [3] “Within the Noose,” released 4 May 1920; [4] “Tearing Through,” released 11 May 1920; [5] “Blotted Out,” released 18 May 1920; [6] “The Hidden Blow,” released 25 May 1920; [7] “Dynamite Doom,” released 1 June 1920; [8] “The Crusher,” released 8 June 1920; [9] “Into the Jaws,” released 15 June 1920; [10] “Blades of Horror,” released 22 June 1920; [11] “Shot into Space,” released 29 June 1920; [12] “Facing Eternity,” released 6 July 1920; [13] “A Human Pendulum,” released 13 July 1920; [14] “The Lakes of Fire,” released 20 July 1920; [15] “The Final Trump,” released 27 July 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: For Love and Honor. The serial was released in Portugal beginning 14 December 1922.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 27 April 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 211, 288 : ClasIm-224 p. 54 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

 
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