''The Grip of Evil'' is a
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 ...
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 W.A.S. Douglas and
Harry Harvey. It was distributed through
Pathé Exchange
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. The
melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
tic film serial was unusual in its critique of everyday habits and society and with episodes with unhappy endings.
Cast
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Jackie Saunders
Jackie Saunders (born Anna Jackal; October 6, 1892 – July 14, 1954) was an American silent screen actress who was one of the major players and stars of Balboa Films.
Early years
She was born Anna Jackal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Car ...
as Jessie
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Roland Bottomley
Roland Bottomley (1880-1947) was a British born American stage and film actor from Liverpool, England. Some sources have him born in 1878 and others in 1879.''American and British Theatrical Biography'', p.125 c.1979 by J. P. Wearing .. He came to ...
as John Burton
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Charles Dudley
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Gordon Sackville
Gordon Sackville (born 1880 - August 6, 1926) was a film actor. Earlier in his career he appeared on stage. He was part of several Hobart Bosworth productions. He was in '' The Best Man Wins'', one of the first Hollywood films.
Sackville was born ...
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Philo McCullough
Philo McCullough (June 16, 1893 – June 5, 1981) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1969. He was born in San Bernardino, California, and died in Burbank, California.
McCullough's film debut came in 1 ...
*Gloria Payton
*Myrtle Reeves
*Tom Morgan
Chapter titles
# Fate
# The Underworld
# The Upper Ten
# The Looters
# The Way of a Woman
# The Hypocrites
# The Butterflies
# In Bohemia
# The Dollar Kings
# Down to the Sea
# Mammon and Moloch
# Into the Pit
# Circumstantial Evidence
# Humanity Triumphant
References
External links
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1916 films
Lost American films
American silent serial films
American black-and-white films
Pathé Exchange film serials
1910s American films