''Mark of the Frog'' is a 1928 American
drama
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10-chapter
film serial
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directed by
Arch Heath and written by
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
. The film is now considered to be
lost
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History
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.
Plot
In search of missing treasure, a crime ring headed by the hooded "Frog" terrorizes New York.
Cast
*
Donald Reed
*
Margaret Morris
* George Harcourt
* Gus De Weil
*
Frank Lackteen
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* Charles Anthony Hughes (as Tony Hughes)
* Frank B. Miller
* Helen Greene
*
Ed Roseman
* Sidney Paxton
*
Morgan Jones Morgan Jones may refer to:
*Morgan Jones (actor, born 1879) (1879–1951), American silent film actor and screenwriter
*Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928) (1928–2012), American film and television actor
*Morgan Jones (broadcaster), Welsh television ...
Chapter titles
# ''The Gas Attack''
# ''Decoyed''
# ''The Jail Delivery''
# ''Triple Vengeance''
# ''The Enemy Within''
# ''Cross Fire''
# ''Framed''
# ''A Life At Stake''
# ''A Race With Death''
# ''Paying The Penalty''
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 ...
* ''
The Frog
''The Frog'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Gordon Harker, Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins and Carol Goodner. The film is about the police chasing a criminal mastermind who goes by the name of The Frog, and the 1936 ...
'' (1937)
* ''
The Return of the Frog
''The Return of the Frog'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, Hartley Power and Rene Ray. It is a sequel to the 1937 film ''The Frog'', and was based on the 1929 novel '' The India-Rubber Men'' by ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Der Frosch mit der Maske
''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' (translation: ''The Frog with the Mask''), aka ''Face of the Frog'', is a 1959 West German-Danish black-and-white crime film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Siegfried Lowitz and Joachim Fuchsberger. It was the f ...
'' (1959)
References
External links
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1928 films
1928 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent serial films
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Edgar Wallace
Lost American films
1928 lost films
Lost drama films
Films directed by Arch Heath
1920s American films
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