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The Fortieth Door
AKA {The 40th Door}
(1924) American
B&W : Serial / Ten episodes
Directed by George B. Seitz
Cast: Allene Ray [Aimee], Bruce Gordon [Jack Ryder], David Dunbar [Andy McLean], Anna May Wong [Zira], Frances Mann (Frankie Mann) [Jimmy Jeffries], Frank Lackteen [Hamid Bey], Lillian Gale [Miriam], Bernard Siegel [Tew Fick Pasha], Whitehorse [Sheik Hassan], Omar Whitehead [Paul Delacarte], Scott McGee (Scott McKee) [police commissioner], Eli Stanton [Ali]
C.W. Patton Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by C.W. Patton. Scenario by Frank Leon Smith, from a novel by Mary Hastings Bradley. Cinematography by Vernon Walker (Vernon L. Walker). / Ten episodes: [1] “The Secret Portal,” released 25 May 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The serial was edited to six reels and rereleased as a feature film on 17 August 1924.
Drama.
Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.
Keywords: Serials - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 22 October 2006.
References: Lahue-Bound pp. 43, 90; Lahue-Continued pp. 240-241, 285 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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