''The Dragon's Net'' is a 1920
action
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film serial
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directed by
Henry MacRae
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. It was adapted from
J. Allan Dunn
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'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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.
Cast
*
Marie Walcamp
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Bor ...
as Marie Carlton
* Harland Tucker as Harlan Keeler (credited as Harlan Tucker)
*
Otto Lederer
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as King Carson
*
Wadsworth Harris
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as Doctor Redding
Chapter titles
#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
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 ...
*
List of lost films
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R ...
References
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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 films
Films directed by Henry MacRae
Films shot in Hawaii
American action films
Lost action films
1920s American films
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