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.
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Directed by | George L. Sargent |
Written by | Richard Barry |
Starring | Juanita Hansen Tom Chatterton |
Production company | American Film Company |
Distributed by | Mutual Film |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Screenplay
The heroes must keep the titular submarine from falling into the hands of the Russians or Japanese.
- Juanita Hansen as Cleo Burke. This was Juanita Hansen's serial debut.
- 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
Secret of the submarine was written in the lead up to the United States' involvement in World War I by war correspondent Richard Barry. The serial was released 15 days after the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German sub.
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