The Secret of the Submarine

The Secret of the Submarine
Film poster
Directed by	George L. Sargent
Written by	Richard Barry
Starring	Juanita Hansen Tom Chatterton
Production company	American Film Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date	May 22, 1915 (1915-05-22)
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

The Secret of the Submarine is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by George L. Sargent. It was 15 chapters and all of them are considered to be lost.[1]

Plot

Advertisement (1916)

Film still from Chapter 4(1916)

Advertisement (1916). The caption incorrectly states Thomas Chatterton is the pilot of the plane but the actor pictured is Lamar Johnstone.

The heroes must keep the titular submarine from falling into the hands of the Russians or Japanese.

Cast

• Juanita Hansen as Cleo Burke. This was Juanita Hansen's serial debut.[2]
• Tom Chatterton as Lt. Jarvis Hope
• Hylda Hollis as Olga Ivanoff
• Lamar Johnstone as Gerald Morton
• George Clancey as Hook Barnacle
• William Tedmarsh as Tatsuma
• Harry Edmondson as Sextus
• George Webb as Mahlin
• Hugh Bennett as Dr. Ralph Burke
• Joseph Beaudry as Calvin Montgomery
• Perry Banks
• Leona Hutton
• George Gebhardt

Production

Secret of the submarine was written in the lead up to the United States' involvement in World War I by war correspondent Richard Barry.[2] The serial was released 15 days after the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German sub.

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Secret of the Submarine". Silent Era. Retrieved February 18, 2008.
2. Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.

External links

• The Secret of the Submarine at IMDb