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Mary, prim and proper, takes her Those years immediately following World The soon-to-change concept of the serial wards through days filled with fun and War I saw the silent serial reach its peak of was not yet evident when George A. Wiley magic. 139 min. popularity with audiences and producers. formed the Serico Producing Company in 770-88-0059, Super 8, sll., 11 min., abr ...... $21.95 785-88-0009, Super 8, dia., 9 min., abr...... $31.95 Until 1921, the serial utilized a strong story early 1919. Serico's avowed purpose was to 502-88-5126 - Beta line, often downplaying any emphasis on turn best-selling novels of the day into epi­ 515-88-5126-VHS ......................•... $ 74.95 hazard and danger in fovor of cnystery, melo­ sodic thrillers, a commendable goal from the drama and complicated subplots, intricately fan's point of view, but a difficult one from interwoven with the main story line. the scriptwriter's seat. Searching for the right Because of the nature of the story and the This was the era of The Serial Queens, property to begin production, Wiley finally way in which it was presented on-screen, those daring and often near-superhuman compromised and settled on an original story there were a considerable amount of flash­ females who braved perils only dreamed of by C. N. and A. M. Williamson, whose previ­ back sequences used, as well as many draw­ by mortal audiences - Pearl White, Ruth ous cinema efforts included THE SACRLET ing room scenes where characters sat for in­ Roland, Helen Holmes, Neva Gerber, etc. No RUNNER, a Vitagraph chapterplay of 1916. ordinate lengths of time speculating about villain was a match for these liberated ladies Entitled THE JEWELED HAND, the William­ the identity of Ruth Hope via subtitles. of their day, who rescued their male counter­ son's story was turned into a serial scenario To reduce the tedium of such scenes, parts in nearly every episode with a detached by the experienced hand of Walter R. Hall, quicken the serial's pacing and reduce its ulti­ sense of routine duty that would have quickly and James Vincent was hired to direct. mate cost to you, our version of A WOMAN destroyed the ego ,of any real-life male. But The house chosen to portray the Amory IN GREY was skillfully edited, but you won't these were the movie serials - escapism at estate is as much a star as any of the human miss a thread of any subplot as the essence its best - and audiences ate them up with actors. Its sliding wall panels, mysterious of every chapter has been faithfully retained; gusto. staircases inside the walls and other trick in fact, you won't know that its been edited. Yet an era was ending. Censorship reared devices brought into play by the story line So, return with us now into the past to its head as a postwar depression creeped lent themselves w~II to the eerie feeling those days we like to remember fondly as a across the land and adult audiences began to sought by the writers, and certainly made ac­ more cheerful age and sit back to watch foresake the movie houses. Thrills, chills and cess by the villain considerably easier. The Henry G. Sell and Arline Pretty in a battle of spills became the order of the day as 1921 end result is a highly enjoyable and most rep­ wits. lhere's a fortune at stake as they at­ opened and the serial embraced all three resentative example of the silent serial at its tempt to locate and unravel the Amory Code with a sudden passion that soon made them very best - when writers still had faith in its while keeping one step ahead of J. Haviland favorites of children instead of adults. Story appeal and future, and audiences shared that Hunter, ci suave villain if there ever was onel lines became plot threads as The Serial Kings faith at the box office by their reappearance 15 chapters on 2 cassettes.