Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery is a 1914 American action film serial directed by Francis Ford. It was the first serial by Universal. It was originally intended to be a short subject. The serial is now considered to be lost with only four episodes surviving.[2] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.[3] The head of the Universal City Zoo, animal trainer Doc Kirby, was mauled by a lion during production and died shortly thereafter from a septic infection of the wound.[4]
| Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Francis Ford |
| Written by | Grace Cunard Francis Ford |
| Starring | Grace Cunard Francis Ford |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 episodes (300 minutes) (20 Minutes per Episode) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Budget | $30,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
Cast
edit- Grace Cunard as Lucille Love
- Francis Ford as Loubeque / Hugo
- Harry Schumm as Lieutenant Gibson
- Ernest Shields as Thompson
- Edgar Keller as Sumpter Love (as E.M. Keller)
- Eddie Boland as Government Aviator
- Wilbur Higby
- Burton Law
- Jean Hathaway
- William White (as Billy White)
- Harry L. Rattenberry
- John Ford (as Jack Ford)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wood, Thomas (December 22, 1946). "The Sad State of the Serial". The New York Times. p. 51.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery". Silent Era. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ "Lucille Love, The Girl of Mystery, or: Lost in the Yukon". Classic Film Aficionados. September 18, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "The Spokesman-Review 03 May 1914, page 32". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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