''Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery'' is a 1914 American

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directed by Francis Ford. It was the first serial by

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. It was originally intended to be a short subject. The serial is now considered to be lost with only four episodes surviving. Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. The head of the Universal City Zoo, animal trainer Doc Kirby, was mauled by a lion during production and died shortly thereafter from a septic infection of the wound.

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Grace Cunard Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries; April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. During the silent era, she starred in over 100 films, wrote or co-wrote at least 44 of those productions ...

as Lucille Love * Francis Ford as Loubeque / Hugo * Harry Schumm as Lieutenant Gibson * Ernest Shields as Thompson * Edgar Keller as Sumpter Love (as E.M. Keller) *

Eddie Boland Eddie Boland (December 27, 1885 – February 3, 1935) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films from 1912 to 1937, mostly in comedic supporting roles. Among his best-known roles were "The Obliging Gentleman" in F. W. ...

as Government Aviator * Wilbur Higby * Burton Law * Jean Hathaway * William White (as Billy White) * Harry L. Rattenberry *

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

(as Jack Ford)

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* 1914 films 1914 lost films 1910s action films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures film serials Films directed by Francis Ford Lost American action films Silent American action films Films with screenplays by Grace Cunard 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language action films Lost silent American films {{1910s-US-film-stub

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