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''Fantômas'' is a 1920 American
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Edward Sedgwick (November 7, 1889 – March 7, 1953) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer.
Early life
He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, both stage actors. At the age ...
. The film is considered to be
lost
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Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
.
Cast
*
Edward Roseman
Edward Roseman (May 14, 1875 – September 16, 1957), sometimes identified as Edward F. Roseman, was an American actor, who worked primarily during the silent film era.
Biography
The son of a pharmacist, Roseman was born in Terre Haute, Ind ...
as
Fantômas
Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914).
One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appear ...
*
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by '' ScreenLand Magazine''.
For part of ...
as Ruth Harrington
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Johnnie Walker
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as Jack Meredith
* Lionel Adams as Prof. James D. Harrington
* John Willard as Detective Fred Dixon
*
Eve Balfour as The Woman in Black
* Rena Parker as The Countess
* Irving Brooks as The Duke
* Ben Walker as The Butler
*
Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta; July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his d ...
as The Wop
* Rita Rogan
Chapter titles
#On the Stroke of Nine
#The Million Dollar Reward
#The Triple Peril
#Blades of Terror
#Heights of Horror
#The Altar of Sacrifice
#Flames of Destruction
#At Death's Door
#The Haunted Hotel
#The Fatal Card
#The Phantom Sword
#The Danger Signal
#On the Count of Three
#The Blazing Train
#The Sacred Necklace
#The Phantom Shadow
#The Price of Fang Wu
#Double-Crossed
#The Hawk's Prey
#The Hell Ship
See also
*
List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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External linksSerial ...
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ...
*
List of lost films
References
External links
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1920 films
1920 crime films
1920 lost films
American silent serial films
American black-and-white films
American remakes of French films
American crime films
Fantômas films
Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
Lost American films
Lost crime films
1920s American films
American adventure films
Silent adventure films
Silent crime films
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