The Gray Ghost (serial) explained

The Gray Ghost
Director:	Stuart Paton
Starring:	Harry Carter Priscilla Dean
Cinematography:	Eugene Gaudio^[1]
Distributor:	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Runtime:	16 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton.^[2] It is presumed to be lost.^[3]

Cast

• Harry Carter as The Gray Ghost
• Priscilla Dean as Morn Light
• Emory Johnson as Wade Hildreth
• Eddie Polo as Jean Marco^[4]
• Gypsy Hart as Cecilia
• Wilton Taylor as Ashby
• Gertrude Astor as Lady Gwendolyn
• Lew Short as Jerry Tyron (credited as Lou Short)
• Richard La Reno as Mr. Olmstead
• John Cook as John Reis
• T. D. Crittenden as Brenner Carlow
• J. Morris Foster as Fred Olmstead
• Francis McDonald as Williams^[5]
• Howard Crampton as William Arabin^[5]
• Sydney Deane as The Commissioner^[6]
• Charles Dorian as Jimmie Pelham of The Star^[5]
• Nigel De Brulier as Jacques
• Frank Tokunaga as Mora^[7]
• Burton Law as Bludso^[7]
• Dan Leighton as Brant^[7]

Episodes

1. The Bank Mystery
2. The Mysterious Message
3. The Warning
4. The Fight
5. Plunder
6. The House of Mystery
7. Caught In The Web
8. The Double Floor
9. The Pearl Necklace
10. Shadows
11. The Flaming Meteor
12. The Poisoned Ring
13. The Tightening Snare
14. At Bay
15. The Duel
16. From Out of The Past

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Gray Ghost was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors refused to issue a permit for Chapter 5 of the serial because it portrayed the methods of an organized band of criminals used in the robbery of a large jewelry store.^[8]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. 'Gray Ghost' Gets Away With Rush . Staff Writer . July 21, 1917 . Moving Picture World . 33 . 3 . Chalmers Publishing Company . New York . Internet Archive.
2. Book: Rainey, Buck. Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. February 2010. McFarland. 978-0-7864-4702-2. 99.
3. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Gray Ghost . Bennet . Carl . January 23, 2004 . Silent Era . August 27, 2008.
4. Eddie Polo . Pepper . Peter . June 16, 1917 . Moving Picture Weekly . 4 . 18 . 9.
5. Episode Five of 'The Gray Ghost' . Staff Writer . July 21, 1917 . Moving Picture Weekly . 4 . 23 . 32.
6. 'The Gray Ghost', Episode 13 . Staff Writer . September 8, 1917 . Moving Picture Weekly . 5 . 4 . 38.
7. Tools of 'The Gray Ghost' . Howard . Marjorie . June 16, 1917 . Moving Picture Weekly . 4 . 18 . 25.
8. Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors . Exhibitors Herald . 5 . 15 . 33 . October 6, 1917 .