''The Dragon's Net'' is a 1920

action Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video gam ...

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, ge ...

directed by

Henry MacRae Henry Alexander MacRae (August 29, 1876 – October 2, 1944) was a Canadians, Canadian film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film, silent era, working on many film Serial (film), serials for Universal Pictures ...

. It was adapted from

J. Allan Dunn Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn (21 January 1872 – 25 March 1941), best known as J. Allan Dunn, was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp magazines. He published well over a thousand stories, novels, and serials from 1914 to ...

's "The Petals of Lao-Tze," from the December 18, 1917 issue of ''Adventure''. Many scenes were shot in the Far East and Hawaii. ''The Baltimore American'', March 14, 1920. The film is considered to be lost.

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Marie Walcamp Marie Walcamp (July 27, 1894 – November 17, 1936) was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns. She often appeared with actor Eddie Polo. Biography Born ...

as Marie Carlton * Harland Tucker as Harlan Keeler (credited as Harlan Tucker) *

Otto Lederer Otto Lederer (May 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably ''The Jazz Singer'', the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and Har ...

as King Carson * Wadsworth Harris as Doctor Redding

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#The Mysterious Murder #Thrown Overboard #A Watery Grave #Into the Chasm #A Jump for Life #Captured in China #The Unseen Foe #Trailed in Peking #On the Great Wall of China #The Train of Death #The Shanghai Peril #The Unmasking

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* 1920 films 1920s action films 1920 lost films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures film serials Lost American action films Films directed by Henry MacRae Films shot in Hawaii Silent American action films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language action films {{action-film-stub

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