The Vanishing Dagger Explained

The Vanishing Dagger
Director:	Edward A. Kull J. P. McGowan Eddie Polo
Starring:	Eddie Polo Thelma Percy
Cinematography:	Edward A. Kull
Distributor:	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Runtime:	18 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Vanishing Dagger is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by Edward A. Kull, J. P. McGowan, and Eddie Polo. It is presumed to be a lost film.^[1] Portions of this serial were filmed in England.^[2] The film had the working title The Thirteenth Hour.

Cast

• Eddie Polo as John Edward Grant
• Thelma Percy as Elizabeth Latimer
• C. Norman Hammond as Sir George Latimer
• Laura Oakley as Lady Mary Latimer
• Ray Ripley as Prince Narr
• Karl Silvera as Prince Zan
• Ruth Royce as Sonia, Narr's Favorite
• Thomas G. Lingham as King Claypool
• Peggy O'Day as Nell (credited as Peggy O'Dare)
• Texas Watts as Len, Grant's Man
• Arthur Jarvis as Sir Richard Upton
• Leach Cross
• Leslie T. Peacocke
• J. P. McGowan

Chapter titles

1. The Scarlet Confession
2. The Night of Terror
3. In Death's Clutches
4. On the Trail of the Dagger
5. The End of the Rustlers
6. A Terrible Calamity
7. Plunged to His Doom
8. In Unmerciful Hands
9. The Lights of Liverpool (a.k.a. Ferocious Foes)
10. When London Sleeps
11. A Race to Scotland
12. An Evil Plot
13. Spears of Death
14. Walls of Doom
15. The Great Pendulum
16. Beneath the Sea
17. Beasts of the Jungle
18. The Vanishing Dagger (a.k.a. Silver Linings)

See also

• 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 Vanishing Dagger . silentera.com . March 10, 2013.
2. Book: Buck, Rainey . Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956 . McFarland & Co. . 1999 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 247–48 . 978-0-7864-4702-2.