Around the World in 18 Days explained

Around the World in 18 Days
Director:	B. Reeves Eason Robert F. Hill
Story:	Robert Dillon
Starring:	William Desmond Laura La Plante
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	12 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Around the World in 18 Days is a 1923 American silent film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Robert F. Hill. A total of twelve episodes of the serial were released. The film is now considered lost.^[1]

Stunt pilot Gene (Jean) Edward Perkins ^[2] fell to his death while shooting an episode where he was to hang from a rope ladder off the side of a plane while attempting to transfer to a moving train.^[3]

Cast

• William Desmond as Phineas Fogg III
• Laura La Plante as Madge Harlow
• William De Vaull as Jiggs (as William P. DeVaul)
• Wade Boteler as Wallace J. Brenton
• Percy Challenger as Rand
• William Welsh as Matthew Harlow (as William J. Welsh)
• Hamilton Morse as Smith
• Tom Guise as Davis (as Tom S. Guise)
• L.J. O'Connor as Detective (as Louis J. O'Connor)
• Arthur Millett as Detective (as Arthur N. Millett)
• Gordon Sackville as White
• Alfred Hollingsworth as Phineas' Father
• Pat Calhoun as Butler
• Spottiswoode Aitken as Piggott
• Harry De Vere as Book Maker (as Harry T. De Vere)
• Boyd Irwin as Muriarc
• Sidney De Gray as Hyppolyte Darcy (as Sydney De Gray)
• Jean De Briac as Desplayer

See also

• List of American films of 1923
• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Around the World in Eighteen Days . April 25, 2008. Silent Era. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512040213/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AroundtheWorldinEighte1923.html. May 12, 2008 . live.
2. Book: Wise, Arthur . Stunting in the Cinema . Constable . 1973 . 0-09-459090-7 . London . 133–5 . en . 24 March 2024 . 1 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301022926/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/ . live .
3. Web site: Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1927) - Lantern . 2022-12-27 . lantern.mediahist.org . 27 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221227054544/https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/photo33chic_0635 . live .