21 May 1915
The Secret of the Submarine
An American adventure film serial comprised of fifteen episodes of two reels (24 min) each. All chapters are presumed lost.
The Black Widow
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.
Top Billed Cast
Bruce Edwards Steve Colt
Virginia Lee Joyce Winters (as Virginia Lindley)
Carol Forman Sombra, The Black Widow
Anthony Warde Nick Ward
Ramsay Ames Ruth Dayton
I. Stanford Jolley Dr. Z.V. Jaffa
Dave Anderson Porter-Spy
Theodore Gottlieb Hitomu
Virginia Carroll Dr. Ann Curry
Gene Roth John M. Walker
Sam Flint Prof. Henry Weston
LeRoy Mason Dr. Godfrey
Forrest Taylor Bradley
Ernie Adams Blinky
Keith Richards Michael Burns
George Chesebro J. Carter
Frank Lackteen A. Kabob
Carey Loftin Spike
Ted Mapes Slade
Jack O'Shea Finnegan
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