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The $1,000,000 Reward
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 31 reels
Directed by Harry Grossman and George A. Lessey
Cast: Lillian Walker [Betty Thorndyke], Coit Albertson [Morgan Spencer], Charles Middleton [William Russell], George A. Lessey [James Bradley], Joseph Marba (Joe Smith Marba) [Kenwah], Leora Spellman [Valerie Kernan], Bernard Randall [Kip Van Hoan], William Pike [James Forsythe], George Connors (Buck Connors), Louise Hotaling, Ray Allen, Herbert Rawlinson, F.W. Stewart
Grossman Pictures production; distributed on State Rights basis by [?] States Rights Independent Exchanges and/or Aywon Film Corporation? / Produced by Harry Grossman. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Diamond Robbery,” released January 1920 (three reels); [2] “The Escape”; [3] “The Rescue”; [4] “Elixir of Death”; [5] “A Dynamite Plot”; [13] “In the Shadow of Death.” / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Website-IMDb notes that Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, originally planned to distribute the serial but the production was rejected by them. [?] The serial may have been distributed in Illinois (Chicago) by Celebrated Players Film Corporation in 1920.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 30 April 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 87, 208-209, 287; Stedman-Serials p. 47 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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