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The Voice on the Wire
Also known as O Telefone da Morte in Brazil
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by Stuart Paton

Cast: Ben Wilson [John Shirley], Neva Gerber [Polly Marion], Francis McDonald [‘Red’ Warren], Joseph Girard (Joseph W. Girard) [Doctor Reynolds], Nigel de Brulier [Professor Duval], Howard Crampton [Captain Cronin], William Canfield [William Grimsby], William Quinn [Emil LaRoux], Irene Hunt [Mrs. Reynolds], L.M. Wells [Professor Montague], Frank McQuarrie [Alvin Van Cleft], Ernest Shields [Howard Van Cleft], Wadsworth Harris [James Walsh], Evelyn Selbie [Pale Ida], Lou Short (Lew Short) [Short], Willard Wayne [Wayne], Charles Dorian [Dorian], Kingsley Benedict, Edward Gibson (Hoot Gibson), Josephine Hill, Frank Tokunaga

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special]. / Produced by Ben Wilson. Scenario by J. Grubb Alexander, from the novel The Voice on the Wire by Eustace Hale Ball. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Oriental Death Punch,” released 18 March 1917; [2] “Mysterious Man in Black,” released 25 March 1917; [3] “The Spider’s Web,” released 1 April 1917; [4] “The Next Victim,” released 8 April 1917; [5] “The Spectral Hand,” released 15 April 1917; [6] “The Death Warrant,” released 22 April 1917; [7] “The Marked Crown,” released 29 April 1917; [8] “High Finance,” released 6 May 1917; [9] “The Stern Chase,” released 13 May 1917; [10] “The Guarded Heart,” released 20 May 1917; [11] “The Thought Machine,” released 27 May 1917; [12] “The Sign of the Thumb,” released 3 June 1917; [13] “’Twixt Death and Dawn,” released 10 June 1917; [14] “The Light of Dawn,” released 17 June 1917; [15] “The Living Death,” released 24 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in Denmark beginning 10 January 1921.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 26 April 2020.

References: Braff-Universal n. 8727; Edmonds-BigU p. 91; Lahue-Continued pp. 53-54, 183-184, 289; Stedman-Serials p. 43 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.

 
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