White Eagle (1922 serial) explained

White Eagle
Director:	Fred Jackman W. S. Van Dyke
Producer:	Hal Roach
Story:	Ruth Roland
Starring:	Ruth Roland Earl Metcalfe
Editing:	Richard C. Currier
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	15 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

White Eagle is a 1922 American silent Western film serial directed by Fred Jackman and W. S. Van Dyke. The film is considered to be lost.^[1] White Eagle is almost a remake of the earlier Ruth Roland serial Hands Up^[2] The serial features a famous scene of Ruth Roland climbing a rope ladder from a moving train to a plane flying overhead.

Cast

• Ruth Roland as Ruth Randolph
• Earl Metcalfe as Phil Stanton^[3]
• Harry Girard as Jim Loomis
• Virginia Ainsworth as Julia Wells
• Otto Lederer as Gray Wolf
• Bud Osborne as Standing Bear
• Frank Lackteen as Crouching Mole
• Gertrude Douglas as Moonlight
• Louise Emmons as Stone Ear
• Frank Valrose as Feather Foot
• Chick Morrison as Bill Henley
• Anita Nara

Episodes

The serial consisted of fifteen two reel episodes, two of which were entitled "The Clash of the Clans."^{[4] [5]}

1. The Sign of the Trident
2. The Red Men's Menace
3. A Strange Message
4. The Lost Trail
5. The Clash of the Clans
6. The Trap
7. The Mysterious Voyage
8. The Island of Terror
9. The Flaming Arrow
10. The Cave of Peril
11. Danger Rails
12. Win or Lose
13. The Clash of the Clans
14. The Pivoted Rock
15. The Golden Pool

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: White Eagle . February 25, 2008. Silent Era.
2. Book: Stedman , Raymond William . Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment . 1971 . University of Oklahoma Press . 978-0-8061-0927-5 . 44 . 2. The Perils of Success . registration . https://archive.org/details/serialssuspensea00sted/page/44 .
3. News: Craig . C. E. . June 8, 1922 . It's a Fact . Pleasanton Observer-Enterprise . Pleasanton, KS . The Linn County Publishing Co. . 51 . 2 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Rainey, Buck. Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. February 2010. McFarland. 978-0-7864-4702-2. 256–257.
5. News: Craig . C. E. . June 8, 1922 . Ruth Roland and All = Star Cast in 'White Eagle' . Pleasanton Observer-Enterprise . Pleasanton, KA . The Linn County Publishing Co. . 51 . 2 . 2 . Newspapers.com.