The Adventures of Peg o’ the Ring
Also known as {Peg o’ the Ring}
(1916) American
B&W : Serial / 31 reels
Directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard

Cast: Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, Ruth Stonehouse, Peter Gerald, Charles Munn, G. Raymond Nye, Eddie Polo, Mark Fenton, Jean Hathaway, Irving Lippner, Eddie Boland, Jack Ford (John Ford), Lionel Bradshaw, Jack Duffy

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special]. / Scenario by Grace Cunard and Joe Brandy, from a screen story by Grace Cunard. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] “The Leopard’s Mark,” released 1 May 1916 (three reels); [2] “A Strange Inheritance”; [3] “In the Lion’s Den”; [4] “The Circus Mongrels”; [5] “The House of Mystery”; [6] “The Cry for Help; or, Cry of the Ring”; [7] “The Wreck”; [8] “Outwitted”; [9] “The Leap”; [10] “In the Hands of the Enemy”; [11] “The Stampede”; [12] “On the High Seas”; [13] “The Clown Act”; [14] “The Will”; [15] “Retribution.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Circuses - Serials

Listing updated: 28 April 2009.

References: Braff-Universal n. 60; Edmonds-BigU p. 89; Katchmer-Eighty p. 304; Lahue-Bound p. 59; Lahue-Collecting pp. 146, 167; Lahue-Continued pp. 42-43, 167, 283; Sinclair-Ford p. 229; Stedman-Serials p. 11 : ClasIm-224 p. 43 : Website-SerSq.