''Pearl of the Army'' is a 1916 American silent

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 José Edward José (5 July 1865 – 18 December 1930) was a Belgian film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 42 films between 1915 and 1925. He also performed in 12 films between 1910 and 1916.Pathé Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest ...

Astra Film Corp Astra Film Corp was an American film production company that produced silent films. Louis J. Gasnier was the company's president. George B. Seitz co-founded it. It was making films by 1916. It became Louis J. Gasnier Productions after Seitz left ...

movie was made when many early

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and

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s in

America's first motion picture industry Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop the Palisades. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 40,191. As of the 2010 U.S. census, th ...

were based in

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towns, particularly Fort Lee. Prints and/or fragments were found in the

Dawson Film Find The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 372 film titles preserved in 533 reels of silent-era nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The reels had been buried under an abandoned hoc ...

in 1978.

Cast

Pearl White Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials. Dubbed the "Queen of ...

as Pearl Date *

Ralph Kellard Ralph Kellard (June 16, 1883 - 1955) was an actor in the U.S. who appeared in theatrical productions and films. His film work included leading roles in several films such as '' The Shielding Shadow'' (1916), '' The Restless Sex'' (1920) and ''The ...

as Captain Ralph Payne * Marie Wayne as Bertha Bonn * Theodore Friebus as Major Brent *

William T. Carleton William T. Carleton (1859–1930) was an English-born actor, and producer. He died in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1930. Some sources erroneously list him as being related to William P. Carleton, another actor. He is also not to be mista ...

as Colonel Dare (as W.T. Carleton)

Chapter titles

# ''The Traitor'' # ''Found Guilty'' # ''The Silent Menace'' # ''War Clouds'' # ''Somewhere In Grenada'' # ''Major Brent's Perfidy'' # ''For The Stars and Stripes'' # ''International Diplomacy'' # ''The Monroe Doctrine'' # ''The Silent Army'' # ''A Million Volunteers'' # ''The Foreign Alliance'' # ''Modern Buccaneers'' # ''The Flag Despoiler'' # ''The Colonel's Orderly''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearl Of The Army 1916 films 1910s rediscovered films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward José Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey Pathé Exchange film serials Rediscovered American films 1910s American films