The Secret of the Submarine explained

The Secret of the Submarine
Director:	George L. Sargent
Starring:	Juanita Hansen Tom Chatterton
Studio:	American Film Company
Distributor:	Mutual Film
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent with English intertitles

The Secret of the Submarine is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by George L. Sargent. It was 15 chapters and all of them are considered to be lost.^[1]

Plot

The heroes must keep the titular submarine from falling into the hands of the Russians or Japanese.

Cast

• Juanita Hansen as Cleo Burke. This was Juanita Hansen's serial debut.^[2]
• Tom Chatterton as Lt. Jarvis Hope
• Hylda Hollis as Olga Ivanoff
• Lamar Johnstone as Gerald Morton
• George Clancey as Hook Barnacle
• William Tedmarsh as Tatsuma
• Harry Edmondson as Sextus
• George Webb as Mahlin
• Hugh Bennett as Dr. Ralph Burke
• Joseph Beaudry as Calvin Montgomery
• Perry Banks
• Leona Hutton
• George Gebhardt

Production

Secret of the submarine was written in the lead up to the United States' involvement in World War I by war correspondent Richard Barry. The serial was released 15 days after the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German sub.

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret of the Submarine . February 18, 2008. Silent Era.
2. Book: Stedman , Raymond William . Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment . 1971 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0-8061-0927-5 . 40 . 2. The Perils of Success . registration . https://archive.org/details/serialssuspensea00sted/page/40 .