''Velvet Fingers'' is a 1920 American

adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

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 Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: 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 ...

by some sources, a copy is available in the archives of the

Cinémathèque Française The Cinémathèque Française (), founded in 1936, is a French non-profit film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. Based in Paris's 12th arrondissement, the archive offers ...

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as Velvet Fingers *

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

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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 {{crime-thriller-film-stub

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