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The Secret Kingdom
(1916-1917) American
B&W : Serial / 31 reels
Directed by Theodore Marston and Charles J. Brabin

Cast: Charles Richman [Prince Philip, also known as Phil Barr], Dorothy Kelly [Madame Savatz], Joseph Kilgour [the prime minister], Arline Pretty [Princess Julia], William R. Dunn [Juan], De Jalma West [Count Ramon], Ned Finley, Charles Wellesley, Robert Whitworth

Star Film Company (The Vitagraph Company of America) production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America or V-L-S-E, Incorporated? / Scenario by Basil Dickey, from a screen story by Louis Joseph Vance. Stunt coordinator, Edward Wentworth. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] released 25 December 1916 (three reels). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Adventure-Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 1 October 2009.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 51-52, 182, 288; Stedman-Serials p. 47 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.