A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Boris Karloff. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Johnnie Walker [Frank Armstrong], Shirley Mason [Ruth Enright], Tom Santschi [Captain Grim Hawley], Frank Hagney [Bull Marlow], Boris Karloff [Grouchy], Joe Bennett (Joseph Bennett) [the deaf mute], Arthur Dewey [Droop Johnson], John P. Lockney (J.P. Lockney), Joseph Mack (Joseph P. Mack), George Magrill, Leo D. Maloney, Lafe McKee, Tom Mintz, Jack Perrin, [?] John Carpenter and/or Horace B. Carpenter?

Mascot Pictures Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Mascot Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Nat Levine. Scenario by William Burt (William P. Burt) and/or Wyndham Gittens. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Hell Ship,” released 1 August 1928; [2] released 8 August 1928; [3] released 15 August 1928; [4] released 22 August 1928; [5] released 29 August 1928; [6] released 5 September 1928; [7] released 12 September 1928; [8] released 19 September 1928; [9] released 26 September 1928; [10] released 3 October 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The serial was released in the United Kingdom by Ideal Films, Limited, in 1929. The serial was released in Denmark as Det mystiske Skib on 4 April 1930. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 26 April 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 140-141, 269, 289 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.