The Third Eye (serial)
The Third Eye is a 1920 American film serial directed by James W. Horne. The film is considered to be lost.[1]
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Directed by | James W. Horne |
Written by | H. H. Van Loan |
Starring | Warner Oland Eileen Percy |
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Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 15 episodes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As described in a film publication,[2] Curtis Steele (Oland), a society man at a film studio, has been pursuing actress Rita Moreland (Percy) and confronts her at the studio with the intention of making love to her. She repulses him and during the struggle shoots him. Steele staggers forward and collapses. She is terrified as she thought that the revolver had been loaded with blanks. As she bends over him, he leaps to his feet and with a sneering remark leaves. Later that night Rita is informed that Steele was found at the studio shot through the heart, and that there is a film showing Steel chasing her and then her shooting him. The serial then develops around Rita, her sweetheart, a villain, and the mystery of who killed Steele, who made the film, and attempts to obtain the film.
Cast
- Warner Oland as Curtis Steele / Malcolm Graw
- Eileen Percy as Rita Moreland
- Jack Mower as Dick Keene
- Olga Grey as Zaida Savoy
- Mark Strong as Detective Gale
Chapter titles
- The Poisoned Dagger
- The Pendulum of Death
- In Destruction's Path
- Daggers of Death
- The Black Hand Bag
- The Death Spark
- The Crook's Ranch
- Trails of Danger
- The Race for Life
- The House of Terrors
- The Long Arm of Vengeance
- Man Against Man
- Blind Trails of Justice
- At Bay
- Triumph of Justice
References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: The Third Eye". silentera.com. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- "The Complete Plan Book: The Third Eye". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 21 (23): 4541. May 29, 1920. Retrieved April 14, 2014.