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| Motography, 26-December-1914 |
The Perils of Pauline was a big hit in 1914. The 20 chapter serial was not the first movie serial, but it was one of the big ones. It starred Pearl White, the first serial queen. The Eclectic Film Company distributed Pathé movies in the United States. The film exists only in a mutilated form, based on a copy exported to France. The subtitles had been translated into French, then translated back into English. Be sure to click on this image from the last episode to see a larger version. Note the dog.
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| Motography, 05-December-1914 |
Pathé announced that they would "release another serial with substantially the same cast, but showing adventures of a different sort."
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| Moving Picture World, 19-December-1914 |
"The biggest and best serial yet" starred Pearl White as the alliterative heroine Elaine and Arnold Daly as the scientific detective Craig Kennedy. Arthur B Reeve wrote 26 novels and many short stories about Kennedy. Elaine and Kennedy were looking for the man who killed her father, a disguised villain known as The Clutching Hand.
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| Moving Picture World, 26-December-1914 |
The villain's name often appeared as large or larger than the name of the movie. I like the image.
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| Moving Picture World, 26-December-1914 |
The all star cast appears on the left-hand page. Author Reeve and director Leopold Wharton appear on the right.
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