''Speed'' is a 1922 American
action
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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
George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1914) and ''The Exploits o ...
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The story is a typically convoluted serial plot. Speed Stansbury is heir to a large fortune. A master criminal hires someone to frame Speed for murder and bank robbery. As Speed pursues the man who can prove his innocence to South America, he himself is followed by Lucy, the woman he loves.
Cast
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Charles Hutchison
Charles Hutchison (December 3, 1879 – May 30, 1949) was an American film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1914 and 1944. He also directed 33 films between 1915 and 1938. Though he directed numero ...
as Speed Stansbury
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Lucy Fox
Lucy Fox (October 25, 1897 – May 21, 1970) was an American actress active in the era of silent film.Solomon, p. 290
Partial filmography
* '' Just for Tonight'' (1918)
* '' Why I Would Not Marry?'' (1918)
* ''The Bishop's Emeralds'' (1919)
* '' ...
as Lucy Durant
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John Webb Dillion
John Webb Dillion (6 February 1877 – 20 December 1949) was an English actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Hollywood, California, USA. He was married to Catherine Urlau.
Selected fi ...
as Edwin Stansbury
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Harry Semels
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946.
Career
Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictu ...
as Jim Sprague
* Cecile Bonnel as Vera Harper
* Winifred Verina as Mrs. Sprague
* Joe Cuny as Hagerty
* Tom Goodwin as J.J. Stansbury
* Charles 'Patch' Revada as Pious Pedro
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R. Henry Grey
Chapter titles
1. The Getaway 2.Nerve 3.Pious Pedro 4. The Quagmire 5.Fighting Mad 6.Panic 7.Jaws of Danger 8.Caught 9.Hit or Miss 10.Buried Alive 11.Into the Crusher 12.Trimmed 13.Risky Business 14. The Peril Rider 15.Found Guilty
See also
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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 ...
References
Notes
Rainey, Buck, ''Serials and Series, a World Filmography, 1912-1956, 1999'', McFarland & Co., Inc.
Lahue, Kalton C., ''Continued Next Week, A History of the Moving Picture Serial'', 1964, University of Oklahoma Press
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1922 films
American silent serial films
1920s action films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
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