''The Seven Pearls'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by

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and Donald MacKenzie. Fragments are held by the

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Cast

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as Ilma Bay *

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as Harry Drake *

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as Perry Mason * John J. Dunn as Grady * Henry G. Sell as Handsome Jack * Floyd Buckley * Walter P. Lewis

Chapter titles

# The Sultan's Necklace # The Bowstring # The Air Peril # Amid the Clouds # Between Fire and Water # The Abandoned Mine # The False Pearl # The Man Trap # The Message on the Wire # The Hold-Up # Gems of Jeopardy # Buried Alive # Over the Falls # The Tower of Death # The Seventh Pearl

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''The Seven Pearls'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Chapter 5, a cut of the scenes where an airman threw two bombs at an automobile and of the shooting of a man in a ship; in Chapter 7, of the binding of the woman and man, in Chapter 10, the

intertitle In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e., ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialo ...

"Have $100,000 in the safe, etc.", setting fire to the waste paper basket, the holdup of the bank watchman, and all scenes showing detail of the attempt of the bank robbery; in Chapter 11, Reel 1, three scenes of the holdup of the young woman and her abduction, the pointing at woman's side as officer stops the machine, five holdup scenes in room, the holdup of the woman in the house, the binding of the woman, and Reel 2, the entire incident of the acid and candle burning nearby and the intertitle "It will not kill you – it will only spoil your beauty"; and, in Chapter 13, putting the bound and gagged young woman into a piano box; (cuts in Chapters 13 and 15) in Chapter 14, two scenes of choking young woman, blow to man's head, throwing man in front of train; (cuts in Chapter 14) in Chapter 15, the detailed method of a man fixing a gas bomb, drilling a safety deposit box, stealing pearls, and choking the young woman.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seven Pearls, The 1917 films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Lost American action adventure films Pathé Exchange film serials Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier 1910s action adventure films 1917 lost films 1910s American films Silent American action adventure films