The Port of Doom explained

The Port of Doom
Director:	J. Searle Dawley
Producer:	Daniel Frohman Adolph Zukor
Starring:	Laura Sawyer House Peters
Distributor:	State Rights
Runtime:	4 reels
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent with English titles

The Port of Doom is a lost^[1] 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the last of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the third produced by the Famous Players Film Company after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players.^[2]

Cast

• Laura Sawyer as Kate Kirby
• House Peters as Kate's Father
• David Wall as Fuller (*as Dave Wall)
• Peter Lang as Fornton
• Hattie Forsythe as Vera Fornton
• Hal Clarendon as Capt. Giles
• Henrietta Goodman as Fuller's Wife

Kate Kirby's cases

• The Diamond Crown. (Edison – 1913)
• On the Broad Stairway. (Edison – 1913)
• The Substitute Stenographer. (Edison – 1913)
• Chelsea 7750. (Famous Players - 1913)
• An Hour Before Dawn. (Famous Players - 1913)
• The Port of Doom. (Famous Players - 1913)

External links

• The Port of Doom at IMDb.com
• set of 6 surviving Spanish language lobby cards (archived)
• Famous Players herald style advert

Notes and References

1. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8350/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ..The Port of Doom
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13597 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ..The Port of Doom