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{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Sunken Silver
| name = Sunken Silver
| image = Sunken Silver ad from Exhibitor's Trade Review (weekly, May 30, 1925 to August 29, 1925) (page 136 crop).jpg
| image =
| caption =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]]<br>[[George B. Seitz]]
| director = [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]]<br>[[George B. Seitz]]
| producer =
| producer =
| writer = Frank Leon Smith
| writer = Frank Leon Smith
| based_on = {{Based on|''Black Caesar's Clan''|[[Albert Payson Terhune]]}}
| starring = [[Allene Ray]]<br>[[Walter Miller (actor)|Walter Miller]]
| starring = [[Allene Ray]]<br>[[Walter Miller (actor)|Walter Miller]]
| cinematography =
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| editing =
| distributor = [[Pathé|Pathé Exchange]]
| distributor = [[Pathé|Pathé Exchange]]
| released = 10 May 1925
| released = {{film date|1925|5|10}}
| runtime = 10 episodes
| runtime = 10 episodes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English intertitles
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitles]])
| budget =
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'''''Sunken Silver''''' is a 1925 American [[film serial]] directed by [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]] and [[George B. Seitz]]. The serial is preserved at UCLA Film & Television Center.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SunkenSilver1925.html ''Sunken Silver'' at silentera.com]</ref>
'''''Sunken Silver''''' is a 1925 American [[film serial]] directed by [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]] and [[George B. Seitz]]. The serial is preserved at the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SunkenSilver1925.html|title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Sunken Silver''
|website=www.silentera.com|access-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''Sunken Silver'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=8 |pages=85 |date=16 May 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/85/mode/1up |access-date=22 February 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Brice, a secret service agent, seeks information regarding stolen silver which disappeared from the government in 1804. Hade and Milo seek the fortune for themselves, as do the "Conches," natives of Florida since the time the loot was buried. Claire, half-sister of Milo, falls in love with Brice. Brice is captured by Milo and Hade and taken to an island where he is to be killed. He is rescued by another secret service agent. Despite being thrown into a sea full of sharks, he escapes the island. Claire and Brice are captured by Conches, but then escape their camp. After they have returned to Claire's home, Milo advances on Brice just as the Conches attack the house using a secret tunnel. They are repulsed by a steam of boiling water poured into the tunnel. Hade is arrested, but escapes only to meet his death wandering in the Everglades. The government takes possession of the money and Brice takes possession of his new wife, Claire.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Allene Ray]] - Claire Standish
* [[Allene Ray]] as Claire Standish
* [[Walter Miller (actor)|Walter Miller]] - Gavin Brice
* [[Walter Miller (actor)|Walter Miller]] as Gavin Brice
* [[Frank Lackteen]] - Rodney Hade
* [[Albert Roccardi]] - Conch Leader
* [[Frank Lackteen]] as Rodney Hade
* [[Albert Roccardi]] as Conch Leader
* Jean Bronte - Bobby Burns
* Jean Bronte as Bobby Burns
* [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]] - Doug (as Gordon Bennett)
* [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]] as Doug (credited as Gordon Bennett)
* Charles Fang - Sato
* [[Charles Fang]] as Sato
* Ivan Linow - Rako
* [[Ivan Linow]] as Rako
* Frank Wunderlee - Milo Standish
* Frank Wunderlee as Milo Standish
}}


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Imdb title|id=0016407|title=Sunken Silver}}
{{commons category|Sunken Silver}}
*{{IMDb title|0016407}}


{{Pathé serials}}
{{Pathé serials}}
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[[Category:American silent serial films]]
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[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Pathé Exchange film serials]]
[[Category:Pathé Exchange film serials]]
[[Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet]]
[[Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet]]
[[Category:Films directed by George B. Seitz]]
[[Category:Films directed by George B. Seitz]]
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 16 November 2022

Sunken Silver
Film poster
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
George B. Seitz
Written byFrank Leon Smith
Based onBlack Caesar's Clan
by Albert Payson Terhune
StarringAllene Ray
Walter Miller
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • May 10, 1925 (1925-05-10)
Running time
10 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Sunken Silver is a 1925 American film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and George B. Seitz. The serial is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] Brice, a secret service agent, seeks information regarding stolen silver which disappeared from the government in 1804. Hade and Milo seek the fortune for themselves, as do the "Conches," natives of Florida since the time the loot was buried. Claire, half-sister of Milo, falls in love with Brice. Brice is captured by Milo and Hade and taken to an island where he is to be killed. He is rescued by another secret service agent. Despite being thrown into a sea full of sharks, he escapes the island. Claire and Brice are captured by Conches, but then escape their camp. After they have returned to Claire's home, Milo advances on Brice just as the Conches attack the house using a secret tunnel. They are repulsed by a steam of boiling water poured into the tunnel. Hade is arrested, but escapes only to meet his death wandering in the Everglades. The government takes possession of the money and Brice takes possession of his new wife, Claire.

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Sunken Silver". www.silentera.com. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "New Pictures: Sunken Silver", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (8): 85, May 16, 1925, retrieved February 22, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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