Neal of the Navy explained

Neal of the Navy
Director:	William Bertram W. M. Harvey
Starring:	William Courtleigh, Jr. Lillian Lorraine
Distributor:	Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Runtime:	14 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

Neal of the Navy is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by William Bertram and W. M. Harvey. The film is considered to be lost.^[1] Neal of the Navy was the first use of a man's name in the title of a serial.^[2]

Plot

An Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. He was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile, he and his sweetheart search for a buried treasure on Lost Island, which everyone is after.

A map is torn.^[3]

Cast

• William Courtleigh, Jr. as Neal Hardin
• Lillian Lorraine as Annette Illington
• William Conklin as Thomas Illington
• Ed Brady as Hernandez
• Henry Stanley as Ponto
• Richard Johnson as Joe Welcher
• Charles Dudley
• Helen Lackaye as Mrs. Hardin
• Bruce Smith as Captain John Hardin
• Lucy Blake
• Philo McCullough (unconfirmed)

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Neal of the Navy . February 20, 2008. Silent Era.
2. Book: Stedman , Raymond William . Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment . 1971 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0-8061-0927-5 . 36 . 2. The Perils of Success . registration . https://archive.org/details/serialssuspensea00sted/page/36 .
3. Web site: The Routt County Sentinel December 10, 1915 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.