
02 Jan 1915

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.
The serial with a thousand punches.
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.
Jack Derry
Royce Rivers
Glory Billings
Leonard Billigns
Edgar Billings
Ninette
Cyril Dennison
The Butler
MacManus, the Indian
Mrs. Corcoran
Gang Member
Gang Member
Gang Member
02 Jan 1915
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.
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27 Jun 1942
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14 Apr 1914
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02 Jan 1916
A 1916 movie serial.
01 Mar 1931
Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.
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Constable Ward is assigned to track down a mysterious villain known only as The Leader. Trying to locate a secret gold mine, The Leader pits the Indians against the Mounties, whom he blames for creating trouble.
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Elmo finds himself in 18 different hair raising and dangerous adventures always escaping in the nick of time!
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A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.
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