

The Voice on the Wire
Great Trans-Atlantic Surprise Serial
Genres
Overview
A silent action movie serial consisting of 15 chapters.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
180 min
Release Date
1917-03-18
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Ben F. Wilson
John Shirley
Neva Gerber
Polly Marion
Francis McDonald
'Red' Warren
Joseph W. Girard
Dr. Reynolds
Nigel De Brulier
Professor Duval
Howard Crampton
Captain Cronin
William Quinn
Emil LaRoux
Irene Hunt
Mrs. Reynolds
Ernest Shields
Howard Van Cleft
Hoot Gibson
Josephine Hill
Evelyn Selbie
Pale Ida
L.M. Wells
Professor Montague
William Canfield
William Grimsby
Frank MacQuarrie
Alvin Van Cleft
Frank Tokunaga
Lew Short
Short
Willard Wayne
Wayne
Charles Dorian
Dorian
Wadsworth Harris
James Walsh
0.0
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
Bertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone girl with a lingerie manufacturing company. She soon falls in love with the assistant shipping clerk, Roy Davis, and is promoted to chief model for the firm, owing to the patronage of Morton, the wealthy and wicked manager. Bertha is about to take a position in Paris as designer when Morton lures her to his home.
1926-12-19 | en
0.0
The Leopard's Foundling
The scene opens on the road to Kingsley as Peter Herman and his wife, Anna, are trekking slowly along, she holding the baby in her arms while Balu, their idolized seven-year-old daughter, is on the seat beside her father, holding a line.
1914-06-29 | en
4.5
The Arm of the Law
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
1932-04-19 | en
0.0
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Prospector Henry Tolliver disappears and his son "Wild Bill" Tolliver comes looking for him.
1942-12-17 | en
0.0
Out to Win
A tramp is hired to pose as a financier to obtain a Balkan radium concession.
1923-08-01 | en
6.0
It Happened in Paris
Penniless aristocrat Yvonne Dupré ekes out a living selling her paintings to a crooked dealer, Leon Naisson, who passes them off as other more famous artists. Leon confides to his unscrupulous model Romildo, that he is attracted to Yvonne. Romildo drugs his lover, fiery Apache dancer Juliette who closely resembles Yvonne, then tries to extort money from Leon to have his way with her. Leon discovers the duplicity but convinces the artist's sweetheart, Dick Gray, that she has been unfaithful. As police close in on Leon, he frames Yvonne by planting forged paintings in her studio. Following Yvonne's arrest, Juliette is informed by her foster sister that she was stolen by gypsies as a child and is actually Yvonne's twin sister. Juliette exposes Leon's operation to the police, reuniting Yvonne and Dick.
1919-12-26 | en
8.7
The Spider Returns
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
1941-05-09 | en
0.0
The Fatal Fortune
A young newspaperwoman travels to a South Seas island to search for buried treasure.
1919-12-15 | en
7.0
Detective Craig's Coup
On the trail of counterfeiters Detective Craig is on their trail. Suspicion falls on James Dalton who passes bad money through unsuspecting "fences." Dalton plants bad bills on young Bob Brierly and when it is detected Dalton, as usual, escapes while the innocent Bob is caught and convicted. Upon his release Bob meets Mae Edwards who gets him a job in her bank. When Dalton comes to the bank to case it for a robbery he runs into Bob and tries to recruit him as an accomplice. Bob, who has married Mae, refuses. Dalton causes him to lose his position and because of Dalton’s persistent efforts forces Bob to join the crook. Craig, shadowing Dalton, knows Bob is taking part against his will. Craig foils the robbery and after a motorboat chase Dalton is captured and exonerates Bob.
1914-08-01 | en
0.0
Der Fremdenlegionär
1928-03-01 | de
0.0
Jewelled Nights
After her father's death, socialite Elaine Fleetwood promises to marry a man she does not love. However, she leaves him at the altar during a wedding ceremony, cuts her hair and decides to disguise herself as a boy and go prospecting in northwest Tasmania. She meets a handsome miner who figures out she is a woman, saves her from a villain and marries her.
1925-10-24 | en
0.0
Under Two Flags
The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.
1916-07-31 | en
0.0
The End of the World
Jack Joyce, who worked in old Abner Hope's garage, was always dreaming of big schemes, but had no capital with which to realize them. Abner Hope, who is regarded as a "queer one," tell Jack that the world will end on September 1st, and gives him his savings to spend during the few remaining weeks. As a result, Jack becomes a king of power, and becomes engaged to Curt Horndyke's daughter, although he loves Mary Ellen, Abner's granddaughter. Then comes the climax - the end of the world - which, with its dénouement, makes one of the most fascinating endings ever screened.
1925-04-01 | en
0.0
Die Tophar-Mumie
A vengeful antique dealer targets a dancer.
1920-10-14 | de
0.0
Moriturus
A doctor who cannot figure out what is wrong with his patient refers him to a detective, whom he hopes will be able to discern the cause of his mysterious illness.
1920-09-23 | de
0.0
The Brass Bullet
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
1918-08-10 | en
4.8
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
1967-08-13 | ko
0.0
Rosemary Climbs the Heights
Rosemary van Voort lives in the countryside with her elderly Dutch parents. The wooden dolls she carves so beautifully catch the eye of a group of artists who are having a picnic in the area. Among them is aspiring opera singer Ricardo Fitzmaurice. Rosemary is convinced to move to New York City where she becomes wildly successful, but when the temperamental Madame Fedoreska, who is in love with Ricardo, becomes insanely jealous of his growing affection for Rosemary she threatens to kill her. When Madame turns up shot to death, the police look at Rosemary as a suspect--and even worse, she has no alibi.
1918-11-01 | en
0.0
The Bondman
The story of two half-brothers, Jason and Michael, who travel between Iceland and the Isle of Man experiencing political revolutions, natural disasters, and personal upheavals. The plot is loosely based on the Biblical story of Jacob and Esau.
1929-01-01 | en
5.0
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
1943-01-05 | en