Hands Up! (1918)

A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess.

Directors:

Louis J. Gasnier, James W. Horne

Writers:

Jack Cunningham (scenario), Gilson Willets (story)

Stars:

Ruth Roland, George Larkin, Easter Walters

Cast

Cast overview:
Ruth Roland	...	Echo Delane
George Larkin	...	'Hands-Up'
Easter Walters	...	Judith Strange
William A. Carroll	...	Sam Killman / Omar the High Priest
George Gebhardt	...	The Grand Envoy
W.E. Lawrence	...	Prince Pampas (as William E. Lawrence)
Thomas Jefferson
Monte Blue

Storyline

A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess.

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Plot Keywords:

serial

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 August 1918 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Esposa do Sol

Company Credits

Production Co:

Astra Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Episode titles: 1. Bride of the Sun 2. The Missing Prince 3. The Phantom and the Girl 4. The Phantom's Trail 5. The Runaway Bride 6. Flames of Vengeance 7. Tossed Into the Torrent 8. The Fatal Jewels 9. A Leap Through Space 10. The Sun Message 11. Stranger from the Sea 12. The Silver Book 13. The Last Warning 14. The Oracle's Decree 15. The Celestial Messenger

User Reviews

Tantalizing

All that apparently remains of this fifteen-episode chapter play is the promotional reel sent to exhibitors in an effort to encourage them to book the series. That reel, included on the DVD boxed set More Treasures from American Film Archives, suggests the series was a doozy. There's impressive and exciting footage of stars Ruth Roland and George Chesebro mixing it up with the villains of the piece, Inca Indians who believe Ruth's character is the reincarnation of a beloved native princess. It's a tremendous shame, of course, that so many silent serials have crumbled to dust over the intervening decades, but thank goodness someone had the foresight to save the remnants of this one.