The Winking Idol

1926 film

February 21, 1926 (1926-02-21)

Running time

200 minutes
(10 chapters, 20 reels)CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Winking Idol is a 1926 American silent Western film serial, consisting of 10 chapters, starring William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. Directed by Francis Ford, the screenplay was written by Arthur Henry Gooden, George Morgan and Charles E. van Loan. This serial was released by Universal Pictures and is considered to be a lost film.^[1]

Cast

William Desmond as Dave Ledbetter
Eileen Sedgwick as Jean Wilson
Jack Richardson as Crawford Lange
Grace Cunard as Thora Lange
Moravana as Komi
Herbert Sutch as Jim Wilson
Dorothy Gulliver
Artie Ortego
Helen Broneau
Vanna Carroll
Syd Saylor (as Les Sailor)

Chapters

The Eye Of Evil
Buzzards' Roost
Crashing Timbers
Racing for Love
The Vanishing Bride
The Torrent of Terror
Flames of Fear
The Fight at the Falls
In the Danger of Dynamite
The Lost Lode

References

^ "The Progressive Silent Film List: The Winking Idol". SilentEra.com. Retrieved January 3, 2009.

External links

The Winking Idol at IMDb

Films directed by Francis Ford

Custer's Last Fight (1912)
The Invaders (1912)
The Battle of Bull Run (1913)
The Paymaster's Son (1913)
When Lincoln Paid (1913)
The Mysterious Rose (1914)
The Adventures of Shorty (1914)
Lucille Love (1914, serial)
The Broken Coin (1915, serial)
Three Bad Men and a Girl (1915)
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916, serial)
John Ermine of the Yellowstone (1917)
Who Was the Other Man? (1917)
The Avenging Trail (1917)
The Craving (1918)
The Silent Mystery (1918, serial)
The Mystery of 13 (1919, serial)
Thunderbolt Jack (1920, serial)
The Great Reward (1921, serial)
Cyclone Bliss (1921)
Angel Citizens (1922)
Thundering Hoofs (1922)
The Fighting Skipper (1923, serial)
The Diamond Bandit (1924)
Lash of the Whip (1924)
Cupid's Rustler (1924)
Western Yesterdays (1924)
Perils of the Wild (1925, serial)
The Winking Idol (1926, serial)
Officer 444 (1926, serial)
Wolf's Trail (1927)
Wolves of the Air (1927)
The Call of the Heart (1928)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet The Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws The Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in 18 Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama
Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming
Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders
War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9
Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M