The House Without a Key (serial)

The House Without a Key (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The House Without a Key


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director = Spencer Gordon Bennet
producer =
writer = Earl Derr Biggers (novel)
Frank Leon Smith
narrator =
starring = Allene Ray
Walter Miller
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Pathé Exchange
released = 21 November, 1926
runtime = 10 episodes
country = USA
language = Silent
English intertitles
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:258941
imdb_id = 0015930

"The House Without a Key" is a 1926 mystery film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It is based on the novel of the same name and is the first onscreen appearance of the fictional detective Charlie Chan, although the main stars are Allene Ray and Walter Miller. [cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 181
chapter = 8. The Detectives "Gangbusters!" ] The film is now considered to be lost.cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GreenArcher1925.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Green Archer |accessdate=2008-02-16|work=Silent Era]

Cast

* Allene Ray - Carry Egan
* Walter Miller - John Quincy Winterclip
* E. H. Calvert - Dan Winterclip
* Betty Caldwell - Barbara Winterclip
* Natalie Warfield - Minerva Winterclip
* Jack Pratt - James Egan
* William Bailey - Harry Jennison (as William Norton Bailey)
* Frank Lackteen - Kaohla
* George Kuwa - Charlie Chan
* Harry Semels - Saladine
* Charles West - Bowker (as Charles H. West)
* John Cossar - District Attorney
* Scott Seaton - Detective
* Cliff Saum - Kennedy
* John Webb Dillon
* Shia Jung - The young chinese girl (uncredited)

ee also

* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0015930|title=The House Without a Key
*amg title|id=1:258941|title=The House Without a Key


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