The Shielding Shadow
1916 film
- October 1, 1916 (1916-10-01)
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The Shielding Shadow is a 1916 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie and starring Grace Darmond and Ralph Kellard.[1]
Plot
The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burning eyes. There's also a cloak of invisibility, some hypnotism and a giant octopus added to the mix.
Cast
- Grace Darmond as Leontine
- Ralph Kellard as Jerry Carson
- Léon Bary as Sebastian Navarro
- Madlaine Traverse as Barbara
- Lionel Braham as The Bouncer
- Frankie Mann as The Cabaret Singer
- Leslie King as One Lump Louie
Chapters
- 1. The Treasure Trove
- 2. Into the Depths
- 3. The Mystic Defender
- 4. The Earthquake
- 5. Through Bolted Doors
- 6. The Disappearing Shadow
- 7. The Awakening
- 8. The Haunting Hand
- 9. The Incorrigible Captive
- 10. The Vanishing Mantle
- 11. The Great Sacrifice
- 12. The Stolen Shadow
- 13. The Hidden Menace
- 14. Absolute Black
- 15. The Final Chapter
Notes
Most of the chapters of this serial are lost with only chapters 4, 10, 11, 14 and 15 still remaining according to Treasures from the Film Archives by Ronald S. Magliozzi.
A French-American production, The Shielding Shadow was directly inspired by another silent movie serial, Judex - produced by Pathé Exchange's competitor Gaumont - whose first episode was titled The Mysterious Shadow. As Judex's release was delayed because of World War I, The Shielding Shadow was distributed in the United States before Judex. The Gaumont production, however, managed to be released in France before The Shielding Shadow (known in France as Ravengar). Both films appear to have been inspirations for the American pulp character The Shadow, who wears a costume similar to Judex's and has a power of invisibility like The Shielding Shadow's protagonist.[2]
References
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Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
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- The Tiger's Trail (1919)
- Kismet (1920)
- Good Women (1921)
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- Silent Years (1921)
- The Call of Home (1922)
- Rich Men's Wives (1922)
- Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
- Maytime (1923)
- Daughters of the Rich (1923)
- The Hero (1923)
- Mothers-in-Law (1923)
- Poor Men's Wives (1923)
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- Wine (1924)
- White Man (1924)
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- Faint Perfume (1925)
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- Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
- Fashion Madness (1928)
- Darkened Rooms (1929)
- Slightly Scarlet (1930)
- Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
- The Virtuous Sin (1930)
- The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
- Silence (1931)
- The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
- Forgotten Commandments (1932)
- Gambling Ship (1933)
- Downward Slope (1934)
- Fedora (1934)
- The Last Outpost (1935)
- Reefer Madness (1936)
- The Gold Racket (1937)
- Bank Alarm (1937)
- Sunset Murder Case (1938)
- The Marines Come Thru (1938)
- Murder on the Yukon (1940)
