Pearl of the Army explained
Pearl of the Army is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by Edward José. The Pathé-Astra Film Corp movie was made when many early film studio and film producers in America's first motion picture industry were based in New Jersey's Hudson River towns, particularly Fort Lee.[1] [2] [3] [4] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.[5] [6]
Cast
Chapter titles
- The Traitor
- Found Guilty
- The Silent Menace
- War Clouds
- Somewhere In Grenada
- Major Brent's Perfidy
- For The Stars and Stripes
- International Diplomacy
- The Monroe Doctrine
- The Silent Army
- A Million Volunteers
- The Foreign Alliance
- Modern Buccaneers
- The Flag Despoiler
- The Colonel's Orderly
Novelization
A French-language novelization in the form of 10 pamphlets based on the series was published in 1917-1918 by the famous author of the time Marcel Allain, under the general title Le courrier de Washington. Published by La Renaissance du Livre in Paris, in the cycle Collection des Romans-cinéma.[7]
Notes and References
- Book: Koszarski, Richard . Fort Lee: The Film Town . Rome, Italy . John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl . 2004 . 0-86196-653-8 .
- Web site: Studios and Films . Fort Lee Film Commission . May 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020130551/http://fortleefilm.org/studios.html . October 20, 2018 . dead .
- Book: Fort Lee Film Commission . Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry . Arcadia Publishing . 2006 . 0-7385-4501-5 .
- Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Pearl of the Army . September 19, 2016. Silent Era.
- Web site: Lost and Found no. 2 – Dawson City . September 19, 2016. The Bioscope. August 27, 2007 .
- Web site: New documentary links Dawson City to Hollywood . Yukon News . October 21, 2016 . March 3, 2022.
- Web site: Le courrier de Washington (complet en 10 épisodes) . 2022-11-27 . 2022-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127112342/https://www.le-rayon-populaire.com/node/12765.
