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The Seven Pearls
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 15 reels
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie

Cast: Mollie King [Ilma Bay], Creighton Hale [Harry Drake], Leon Bary (Léon Bary) [Perry Mason], John J. Dunn [Grady], Henry G. Sell [Handsome Jack], Floyd Buckley, Walter P. Lewis

Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Charles W. Goddard, from a screen story by Charles W. Goddard. / 15 chapters (one reel each): [1] “The Sultan’s Necklace,” released 16 September 1917; [2] “The Bowstring,” released 23 September 1917; [3] “The Air Peril,” released 30 September 1917; [4] “Amid the Clouds,” released 7 October 1917; [5] “Between Fire and Water,” released 14 October 1917; [6] “The Abandoned Mine,” released 21 October 1917; [7] “The False Pearl,” released 28 October 1917; [8] “The Man Trap,” released 4 November 1917; [9] “The Message on the Wire,” released 11 November 1917; [10] “The Hold-Up,” released 18 November 1917; [11] “Gems of Jeopardy,” released 25 November 1917, © 1917 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (Astra Film Corporation, author) [LU11661]; [12] “Buried Alive,” released 2 December 1917; [13] “Over the Falls,” released 9 December 1917; [14] “The Tower of Death,” released 16 December 1917; [15] “The Seventh Pearl,” released 23 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dawson City recovery film numbers 508 (chapter 11, reel 1) and 278 (chapter 11, reel 2).

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [fragmentary 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (chapter 11, 1328 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1983, FPE 3914, [reel 2] duplicated 1983, FPE 3915), fragmentary 35mm fine-grain reference positive (chapter 11, 1328 feet, [reel 1] struck 1983, FEB 8917, [reel 2] struck 1983, FEB 8918)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 28 April 2020.

References: Braff-Short n. 2; Lahue-Continued pp. 51, 182-183, 288 : Website-IMDb; Website-LoC; Website-SerSq.

 
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