The Bar-C Mystery
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Robert Hill (Robert F. Hill)
Cast: Dorothy Phillips [Jane Cortelyou], Wallace MacDonald [‘Nevada’], Ethel Clayton [Mrs. Lane], Philo McCullough [Robbins], Violet Schram [Wanda], Fred de Silva [Grisp], Jacqueline Wells (Julie Bishop), Billy Bletcher, Jim Corey, Johnny Fox, Al Hart, Fred Kohler, Tom London, Francis McDonald, Victor Potel
C.W. Patton Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathépicture; Pathéserial]. / Produced by C.W. Patton. Scenario by William Sherwood, from the short story “Janie of the Waning Glories” by Raymond Spears. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “A Heritage of Danger,” released 25 April 1926, © 26 April 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22643]; [2] “Perilous Paths,” released 2 May 1926, © 27 April 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22644]; [3] “The Midnight Raid,” released 9 May 1926, © 28 April 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22645]; [4] “Wheels of Doom,” released 16 May 1926, © 12 May 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22747]; [5] “Thundering Hoofs,” released 23 May 1926, © 15 May 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22748]; [6] “Against Desperate Odds,” released 30 May 1926, © 18 May 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22749]; [7] “Back from the Missing,” released 6 June 1926, © 24 May 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22804]; [8] “The Fight for a Fortune,” released 13 June 1926, © 29 May 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22805]; [9] “The Wolf’s Cunning,” released 20 June 1926, © 4 June 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22806]; [10] “A Six-Gun Wedding,” released 27 June 1926, © 25 June 1926 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP22842]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was edited to five reels (4756 feet) and released in the USA by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, as a feature film on 14 March 1926, before the serial’s official release.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 6 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 250, 283; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 44 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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