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The Hidden Hand (serial)
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Wikipedia article
'The Hidden Hand' is a 1917 American film serial directed by James Vincent. This is a lost serial.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HiddenHand1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Hidden Hand'] at silentera.com
Cast
* Doris Kenyon as Doris Whitney
* Sheldon Lewis as Dr. Scarley
* Mahlon Hamilton as Jack Ramsey
* Arline Pretty as Vera Orane
* Henry Sedley
* William Slade
Chapter titles
# The Gauntlet of Death
# Counterfeit Faces
# The Island of Dread
# The False Locket
# The Air-Lock
# The Flower of Death
# The Fire Trap
# Slide for Life
# Jets of Flame
# Cogs of Death
# Trapped by Treachery
# Eyes in the Wall
# Jaws of the Tiger
# The Unmasking
# The Girl of the Prophecy
Reception
Like many American films of the time, 'The Hidden Hand' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Chapter 1, a cut of a scene with an attack on a man by the Hidden Hand; in Chapter 2, of the Hidden Hand slugging a man; (cuts in Chapters 1 and 2) in Chapter 3, of a lighting meter, the loosening of a nut on a bolt, and the Hidden Hand killing a man; (cuts in Chapter 3) in Chapter 4, six scenes of cutting into safe with torch, gagging and binding young woman to chair, and taking jewel box from safe; in Chapter 5, Reel 1, the assault and abduction of young woman, assault on man, shooting poison powder at man, and examining property from unconscious man, Reel 2, two scenes of assault on man and young woman, two scenes of binding and gagging them, and shooting at the rope; (cuts in Chapters 4 and 5) in Chapter 6, the attack on the young woman, three scenes of finding and gagging her, four scenes of suspending her above lime box, and the intertitle "Fasten the rope so that when Ramsey comes she'll plunge into the box"; (cuts in Chapter 6) in Chapter 7, Reel 1, two scenes of young woman suspended over lime vat, throwing man into vat and following scene of him climbing out; (cuts in Chapter 7) in Chapter 9, Reel 1, two scenes of breaking in door of car, slugging of man, Reel 2, the Hidden Hand choking young woman, the intertitle "You will never interfere with my plans again", dynamiting tower and lighting fuse, attack on young woman, shorten fight scenes to eliminate holdup of hero with gun, striking man with shovel, and the young woman shooting man., in Reel 3, last scene of men and woman drinking at table, kissing woman on shoulder in automobile and all but the first and last struggle scenes, and two intertitles "You've left me alone" etc. and "Its your own game" etc.; (cuts in Chapter 9) in Chapter 10, Reel 2, a closeup of door locking on young woman, two scenes of attack on her, slugging man with rod, and the attack on the hero; (cuts in Chapter 10) in Chapter 11, Reel 2, threatening young woman with gun, throwing knife at man, two scenes of threatening young woman with dagger; in Chapter 12, Reel 1, two scenes of threatening young woman with knife, slugging man in fight scene, two views of note ending "You die in 24 hours", two scenes of threatening man with gun, tapping wires, and Reel 2, gagging and binding young woman; (cuts in Chapters 11 and 12) in Chapter 14, Reel 2, arrow sticking in man's face, lighting fuse, two additional scenes of arrow sticking in man's face (one with man standing and other in chair), and striking man on head with gun; (cuts in Chapter 14) and, in Chapter 15, Reel 1, shooting of man in automobile, shooting envoy in office, and, Reel 2, the intertitle "This tank of vitriol." (cuts in Chapter 15)
See also
*List of lost films
References
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