''The Winking Idol'' is a 1926 American silent

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, consisting of 10 chapters, starring William Desmond and

Eileen Sedgwick Eileen Sedgwick (October 17, 1898 – March 15, 1991) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Born in 1898, Sedgwick was in her first film in 1914 and appeared in more than 110 films during her 15-year career. She was the sist ...

. Directed by Francis Ford, the

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was written by

Arthur Henry Gooden Arthur Henry Gooden (23 October 1879 – 22 July 1971) was an English screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for 53 films between 1916 and 1937. He also wrote several western fiction novels about the American Old West. He was born in En ...

, George Morgan and Charles E. van Loan. This serial was released by

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and is considered to be a

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Cast

* William Desmond as Dave Ledbetter *

as Jean Wilson * Jack Richardson as Crawford Lange *

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 production ...

as Thora Lange * Moravana as Komi * Herbert Sutch as Jim Wilson *

Dorothy Gulliver Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (September 6, 1908 – May 23, 1997) was an American silent film actress, and one of the few to make a successful transition when films began using sound. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gulliver, she wa ...

Artie Ortego Artie A. Ortego (February 9, 1890 – July 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 240 films between 1912 and 1955. Ortego portrayed cowboys, henchmen and American Indians in a large number of westerns and performed hors ...

Helen Broneau Helen Broneau (born Helen Ingram) was an American actress and screenwriter who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. After a brief union with Charles Bronaugh (the source of her stage name, albeit with an altered spelling), she married A ...

* Vanna Carroll *

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(as Les Sailor)

Chapters

#''The Eye Of Evil'' #''Buzzards' Roost'' #''Crashing Timbers'' #''Racing for Love'' #''The Vanishing Bride'' #''The Torrent of Terror'' #''Flames of Fear'' #''The Fight at the Falls'' #''In the Danger of Dynamite'' #''The Lost Lode''

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* 1926 films 1926 lost films American silent serial films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures film serials Films directed by Francis Ford English-language Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{silent-film-stub

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