Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theaters
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Foolish Wives BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  The Iron Claw (1916)
 
Progressive Silent Film List
A growing source of silent era film information.
This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
About This Listing

Report Omissions or Errors
in This Listing

 

The Iron Claw
Also known as Le masque aux dents blanches in France; A Máscara dos Dentes Brancos in Portugal
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 20 chapters / 40 reels
Directed by Edward José and George B. Seitz

Cast: Pearl White [Margery Golden], Creighton Hale [Davey], Sheldon Lewis [Legar, the Iron Claw], Harry L. Fraser [the Laughing Mask], J.E. Dunn [Enoch Golden], Carey Lee [Mrs. Golden], Clare Miller [Margery, as a child], Henry G. Sell [‘Wrench’], Edward José [Manley], E. Cooper Willis, Allan Walker, Bert Gudgeon, George B. Seitz

Feature Film Corporation (Edward José Productions) production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Edward José. Scenario by George B. Seitz. / 20 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Vengeance of Legar,” released 28 February 1916; [2] “The House of Unhappiness,” released 6 March 1916; [3] “The Cognac Mask,” released 13 March 1916; [4] “The Name and the Game,” released 20 March 1916; [5] “The Incorrigible Captive,” released 27 March 1916; [6] “The Spotted Warning,” released 3 April 1916 ; [7] “The Hooded Helper,” released 10 April 1916 ; [8] “The Stroke of Twelve,” released 17 April 1916 ; [9] “Arrows of Hate,” released 24 April 1916; [10] “The Living Dead,” released 1 May 1916; [11] “The Saving of Dan O’Mara,” released 8 May 1916; [12] “The Haunted Canvas,” released 15 May 1916; [13] “The Hidden Face,” released 22 May 1916; [14] “The Plunge for Life,” released 29 May 1916; [15] “The Double Resurrection,” released 5 June 1916; [16] “The Unmasking of Davy,” released 12 June 1916; [17] “The Vanishing Fakir,” released 19 June 1916; [18] “The Green-Eyed God,” released 26 June 1916; [19] “The Cave of Despair,” released 3 July 1916; [20] “The Triumph of the Laughing Mask,” released 10 July 1916 . / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [incomplete 35mm positive (chapter 7)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 3 May 2020.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 113, 130; Lahue-Continued pp. 42, 169-170, 286; Stedman-Serials p. 16 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq : with additional information supplied by Scott Simmon.

Home video: DVD.

 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  The Iron Claw (1916)
 
Miss Mend DVD
Become a Patron of Silent Era

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Sherlock Holmes (1916) BD/DVD

Floating Weeds BD

Vitagraph BD

Road to Ruin BD

Cat and the Canary BD

*