''Velvet Fingers'' is a 1920 American
adventure
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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 ...
. Although the film is listed as
lost
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History
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by some sources,
a copy is available in the archives of the
Cinémathèque Française
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.
Cast
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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 ...
as Velvet Fingers
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Marguerite Courtot
Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot (August 20, 1897 – May 28, 1986) was an American silent film actress.
Early life
Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot was born in Summit, New Jersey, on August 20, 1897 to Gustave Courtot, who was born in France, and Char ...
as Lorna George
*
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 Professor Robin
* Lucille Lennox as Clara
* Frank Redman as Pinky
*
Thomas Carr as Mickey (credited as Tommy Carr)
* Joe Cuny as Needless Smith
* Al Franklin Thomas
*
Edward Elkas
Edward Elkas (February 8, 1862 – December 17, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1911 and 1926. He was born in New York City. On Broadway, Elkas portrayed a headwaiter in ''A Tale o ...
Chapter titles
#To Catch a Thief
#The Face Behind the Curtain
#The Hand from Behind the Door
#The Man in the Blue Spectacles
#The Deserted Pavilion
#Unmasked
#The House of a Thousand Veils
#Aiming Straight
#The Broken Necklace
#Shots in the Dark
#The Other Woman
#Into Ambush
#The Hidden Room
#The Trap
#Out of the Web
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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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
External links
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1920 films
1920s crime thriller films
1920 adventure films
American silent serial films
American crime thriller films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
American adventure films
1920s American films
Silent adventure films
1920s English-language films
Silent crime films
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