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The House of Hate
Also known as Hadets Hus in Denmark; La maison de la haine in France; Будинок ненависті in Ukraine
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 20 chapters / 41 reels
Directed by George B. Seitz
Cast: Pearl White [Pearl Grant, also known as Jenny Acton], Antonio Moreno [Harvey Gresham], John Webb Dillon [Haynes Walden], Peggy Shanor [Naomi Walden], John H. Gilmour (J.H. Gilmour) [Winthrop Walden], Floyd Buckley [Randolph Waldon], Helene Chadwick [Queenie Kate], Paul Panzer [the prison warden], Louis Wolheim [‘Patch-eye’ Pete], Joe Cuny, Paul Clerget, Paul Dillon, Ruby Hoffman
Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Louis J. Gasnier. Scenario by Bertram Millhauser, from a screen story by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue. Assistant director, William P. Burt. Cinematography by Arthur C. Miller and Harry Hardy. Camera assistant, Frank Redman. / 20 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Hooded Terror,” released [?] 3 or 10? March 1918 (three reels); [2] “The Tiger’s Eye”; [3] “A Woman’s Perfidy”; [4] “The Man from Java”; [5] “Spies Within”; [6] “A Living Target”; [7] “Germ Menace”; [8] “The Untold Secret”; [9] “Poisoned Darts”; [10] “Double Crossed”; [11] “Haunts of Evil”; [12] “Flashes in the Dark”; [13] “Enemy Aliens”; [14] “Underworld Allies”; [15] “The False Signal”; [16] “The Vial of Death”; [17] “The Death Switch”; [18] “At the Pistol’s Point”; [19] “The Hooded Terror Unmasked”; [20] “Following Old Glory.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive [incomplete (abbreviated version with Russian and/or Ukranian intertitles, less than three hours running time)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 3 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 61-62, 285; Stedman-Serials pp. 17, 42 : ClasIm-225 p. 45; ClasIm-226 p. 43 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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