The Iron Claw

Only Episode 7, “The Hooded Helper,” of this 20-Episode Serial is known to survive. All other episodes are believed to be lost.

Only Episode 7, “The Hooded Helper,” of this 20-Episode Serial is known to survive. All other episodes are believed to be lost.

A S. Rankin Drew film directed by , released in 1916.
A Henry MacRae film directed by , released in 1916.

Feature version of the thirteen episode serial, Adventures of Kathlyn, released three years earlier.

American heiress Jennie Leslie, the Honorable Cecil Winthrope, and the alcoholic Thomas Blake are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. At first, Jennie sticks close to Cecil, preferring his upper-class British breeding to Thomas’ man-of-the-people approach.
Troubled by the plight of the overtaxed citizens of the Kingdom of Corona, Prince Frederick is inspired by the legend of Dick Turpin and sets out to emulate his adventures.

An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love with her.

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen…

A Frederick A. Thomson film directed by , released in 1916.

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.