Around the World in 18 Days
AKA {Around the World in Eighteen Days}
(1923) American
B&W : Serial / Twelve episodes
Directed by Reaves Eason (Sr.) and Robert F. Hill

Cast: William Desmond, Laura La Plante, Spottiswoode Aitken, William P. DeVaul (William De Vaull), Wade Boteler, William Welsh

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal Special]. / Scenario by George Bronson Howard and Frank Howard Clark, from a story by Robert Dillon. / Twelve episodes (two reels each): [1] “The Wager,” © 14 November 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18412], released 1 January 1923; [2] “Wanted by the Police,” © 17 November 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18427]; [3] “The Apaches of Paris,” © 18 November 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18461]; [4] “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” © 25 November 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18455]; [5] “Sands of Doom,” © 9 December 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18474]; [6] “The Living Sacrifice,” © 15 December 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18528]; [7] “The Dragon’s Claws,” © 23 December 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18536]; [8] “A Nation’s Peril,” © 5 January 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18560]; [9] “Trapped in the Clouds,” © 10 January 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18576]; [10] “The Brink of Eternity,” © 18 January 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18594]; [11] “The Path of Peril,” © 25 January 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18620]; [12] “The Last Race,” © 31 January 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18639]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 29 April 2007.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 277; Edmonds-BigU p. 125; Lahue-Continued pp. 232, 283; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 30; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-SerSq.