''The Romance of Elaine'' is a 1915 American
silent adventure
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film serial 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 of ...
,
Leopold Wharton
Leopold Wharton (September 1, 1870 – September 27, 1927) was an American film director, producer and writer. He directed 37 films between 1911 and 1922, including the 1915 in film, 1915 film ''The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford'', ...
and
Theodore Wharton
Theodore Wharton (1875–1931) was an American film director, producer and writer. He directed 48 films in the 1910s and 1920s, including the 1915 '' The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford'' featuring Oliver Hardy.
Biography
Wharton was bor ...
, based on the novel by
Arthur B. Reeve
Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 – August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is known best for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes", and Kennedy's Dr. Watson-lik ...
. The film is considered to be
lost
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.
Cast
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Pearl White as Elaine Dodge
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Creighton Hale as Walter Jameson
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Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931 ...
as Marcus Del Mar / Mr. X
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Arnold Daly as Detective Craig Kennedy
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Warner Oland
* Bessie Wharton as Aunt Josephine
*
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 of ...
* Howard Cody (uncredited)
* Paul Everton (uncredited)
* Robin H. Townley (uncredited)
*
Louis Wolheim (uncredited)
Chapter titles
# ''The Lost Torpedo''
# ''The Gray Friar''
# ''The Vanishing Man''
# ''The Submarine Harbor''
# ''The Conspirators''
# ''The Wireless Detective''
# ''The Death Cloud''
# ''The Search Light Gun''
# ''The Life Chain''
# ''The Flash''
# ''The Disappearing Helmets''
# ''The Triumph of Elaine''
See also
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Rea ...
References
External links
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1915 films
1915 lost films
1915 adventure films
American adventure films
American silent serial films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
Films directed by Leopold Wharton
Films directed by Theodore Wharton
Lost American films
Lost adventure films
Pathé Exchange film serials
1910s American films
Silent adventure films
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