1910s serials
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- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMusidoraÉdouard MathéMarcel LévesqueAn intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRené CrestéMusidoraRené PoyenA twelve-part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante Judex as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker Favrauxom.
- DirectorCharles BrabinStarsMary FullerMarc McDermottCharles OgleThe forerunner of all serials, "What Happened to Mary" was a series of 12 monthly one-reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action. Episode Titles (q.v.): #1: "The Escape from Bondage"; #2: "Alone in New York"; #3: "Mary in Stage Land"; #4: "The Affair at Raynor's"; #5: "A Letter to the Princess"; #6: "A Clue to Her Parentage"; #7: "False to Their Trust"; #8: "A Will and a Way"; #9: "A Way to the Underworld"; #10: "The High Tide of Misfortune"; #11: "A Race to New York"; #12: "Fortune Smiles."
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRené NavarreEdmund BreonGeorges MelchiorInspector Juve is tasked to investigate and capture an infamous criminal Fantomas.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierDonald MacKenzieStarsPearl WhiteCrane WilburPaul PanzerPauline, a young maiden, must protect herself from the treacherous "guardian" of her inheritance, who repeatedly plots to murder her and take the money for himself.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierGeorge B. SeitzLeopold WhartonStarsPearl WhiteArnold DalyCreighton HaleWith the help of a private detective, Elaine tries to catch the masked criminal mastermind The Clutching Hand, who has murdered her father.
- DirectorLeopold WhartonTheodore WhartonStarsHarry FoxGrace DarlingAllan MurnaneSerial in 15 parts about a female crime-fighting reporter.
- DirectorEdward JoséStarsPearl WhiteRalph KellardMarie WayneEpisode 1: "The Traitor" Captain Ralph Payne is chosen to convey to the Major General at Panama a document of vital importance which discloses a weakness in our canal defenses by which a monarchy (hitherto overlooked by the United States) plots to overcome this nation. The document is secreted beneath his left shoulder strap, it first being prepared with invisible ink. From that time Payne finds himself the victim of a queer being that, through a strange medium, juggles with his good name and martial standing. At his apartment he finds a letter in handwriting the exact counterpart of his own and in it the startling contents: "The left shoulder strap and the locket reveal the secret; take the tip in time." Bewildered, he consults his chief, Colonel Dare, who instructs him to attend the Embassy ball that night as though nothing had happened, promising added secret service protection. In the midst of the evening's festivities, Payne and Pearl Dare find a secluded spot in the conservatory. Encouraged by a responsive light in her eyes, Payne is about to ask for her "yes" to the question that means happiness to him, when a messenger orders him to report to Colonel Dare at once. There he is informed that the Grenadian Ambassador has been murdered and in his lifeless hand a message found to Payne thanking him for services rendered Grenada. When Payne is searched the left shoulder strap reveals nothing hut a worthless piece of paper. In a daze he hears the order given to arrest him on a charge of treason.
- DirectorOtto RippertStarsOlaf FønssErnst LudwigAlbert PaulA group of scientists, led by a Professor Ortmann, produce a living human child using scientific processes - a "homunculus." This creature is human in every way, except that he cannot experience love.
- DirectorWilliam ParkeLouis J. GasnierStarsMollie KingLéon BaryRalph StuartAs the S. S. Huron returns from her summer trip to Europe laden with many passengers, a mysterious lady in room 7 is never seen, and the whole boat starts to gossip about her. In the meantime, a puzzling telegram arrives for Peter Hale, the passenger in the room across hers, about a sign of the Double Cross and his father's will.
- DirectorJacques JaccardLeopold WhartonTheodore WhartonStarsIrene CastleMilton SillsWarner OlandSerial about Japanese spies trying to invade the US but whose plans are foiled by a rich heiress and a Secret Service agent.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsPearl WhiteAntonio MorenoJohn Webb DillionA young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...
- DirectorJoseph A. GoldenStarsLeah BairdCharles HutchisonSheldon LewisAlice Grayson's uncle develops a wireless torpedo that can be controlled by radio. After he announces his invention to several of his colleagues, two of them murder the scientist, steal the blueprints and prototype, and make plans to sell both to the highest bidder. When Alice discovers the identity of the thieves, the intrepid heroine, with the help of Bob Moore, her two-fisted boyfriend, desperately tries to recover the plans and torpedo before enemy countries can unleash the torpedoes against American ships.
- DirectorHarry GrossmanBurton L. KingStarsHarry HoudiniMarguerite MarshRuth StonehouseJustice Department agent Quentin Locke must investigate a powerful cartel protected by a robot (here referred to as "The Automaton") and using a gas weapon "The Madagascar Madness".
- DirectorJ.P. McGowanStarsEddie PoloEileen SedgwickMolly Malone
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMary HaraldRené CrestéGeorges BiscotJacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsPearl WhiteWarner OlandHenry G. SellA beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her latest theft.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsMarguerite CourtotGeorge B. SeitzNellie BurtOur Hero's fiancée, who has broken off their engagement, agrees to make a trip around the world, starting absolutely naked, without money or help of any sort from others in order to prove his worth to her.
- DirectorDuke WorneStarsBen F. WilsonNeva GerberWilliam DyerCarter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsFernand HerrmannÉdouard MathéGaston MichelThe efforts of lawyer Jacques Varese and journalist Raoul de Nerac who attempt to expose and destroy the criminal organization led by a sadistic banker Rudolph Strelitz.