09 Mar 1917
Perils of the Secret Service
A 9-part movie serial
The Ventures of Marguerite
As heiress to a large fortune, Marguerite is able to satisfy her love for beautiful clothes and a taste for adventure, while confronted by a multitude of schemers and gangsters bent on reducing her to poverty.
1915
Top Billed Cast
Marguerite Courtot Marguerite
Richard Purdon Peter Enright
Edward Roseman Ferris - a Broker (as E.T. Roseman)
William Sherwood Rudolph [Ch. 6]
Paula Sherman Edwin Brandt Dangler - an Adventurer [Ch. 7]
Julia Hurley Martha [Ch. 6]
Phil Hardy Fenton - Ferris' Partner
Helen Lindroth Frances - Marguerite's Maid
Frank Holland Leo - Frances' Husband
Robert Vaughn Garrett - Leader of the Kidnappers [Ch. 3]
F.B. Vernoy Hal Worth [Ch. 4]
Walter McEwen Durbar - an Oriental Mystic [Ch. 4]
Anna Reader Martha - one of Durbar's Victims [Ch. 4]
Otto Niemeyer Carlow - a Fortune Hunter [Ch. 5]
Freeman Barnes Morton - Carlow's Accomplice [Ch. 5] /
Henry A. Barrows Bolton - Head of a Band of Crooks [Ch. 8] (as H.E. Barrows)
Stella Jenno Irene - Bolton's Accomplice [Ch. 8]
A. Lever Gungha [Ch. 9]
Eleanor Lewis Alota - Gungha's Accomplice [Ch. 9]
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