The Avenging Arrow Explained

The Avenging Arrow
Director:	William Bowman W. S. Van Dyke
Story:	Ben B. Cohen
Starring:	Ruth Roland Edward Hearn
Producer:	Ruth Roland Serials Robert Brunton Studios
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	15 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Avenging Arrow is a 1921 American silent Western film serial directed by William J. Bowman and W. S. Van Dyke. Its 15 episodes are now considered to be lost.^[1]

Plot

Episodes

Fifteen episodes of The Avenging Arrow were released weekly from March 13 to June 19, 1921:^{[2] [3]}

1. “The Vow of Mystery”
2. “The Enemy Strikes”
3. “The Hands”
4. “A Life in Jeopardy”
5. “The Message Stone”
6. “The Midnight Attack”
7. “The Double Game”
8. “The Strange Pact”
9. “The Auction Block”
10. “Outwitted”
11. “Dangerous Waters”
12. “The House of Treachery”
13. “On Perilous Grounds”
14. “Shifting Sands”
15. “The Toll of the Desert”

Cast

• Ruth Roland as Anita Delgado
• Edward Hearn as Ralph Troy
• Virginia Ainsworth as Luiza Traganza
• S.E. Jennings as Don Jose Delgado
• William Steele as Don Carlos Martinez
• Chief "Big Tree" as Modoc
• Frank Lackteen as Pablo
• James Robert Chandler as The Hermit (as Robert Chandler)
• Otto Lederer as Joaquin Ruiz
• Vera Sisson as White Faun

See also

• List of American films of 1921
• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Avenging Arrow . August 19, 2008. Silent Era.
2. Releases for Week of March 13 . Staff Writer . March 5, 1921 . Moving Picture World . New York . Chalmers Publishing Company . 49 . 1 . 85 . Internet Archive.
3. Week of June 19 . Staff Writer . August 20, 1921 . Moving Picture World . New York . Chalmers Publishing Company . 51 . 8 . 832.