The Adventures of Kathlyn

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The Adventures of Kathlyn
Directed by	Francis J. Grandon
Written by	Harold MacGrath Gilson Willets
Starring	Kathlyn Williams
Distributed by	Selig Polyscope Company
Release date(s)	1913
Country	United States
Language	silent film
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The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)is an American motion picture serial released on December 29, 1913 by the Selig Polyscope Company. An adventure serial filmed in Chicago, Illinois, its thirteen episodes were directed by Francis J. Grandon from a story by Harold MacGrath and Gilson Willets and starred Kathlyn Williams as the heroine. Harold MacGrath's novel of the same title was released a few days later in January of 1914 so as to be in book stores at the same time as the serial was playing in theatres.

The Adventures of Kathlyn was only the second serial ever made by an American film studio and considered the first of the cliffhanger serials that became enormously popular during the next decade.

The success of the serial spawned a 1916 feature-length film of the same title with basically the same crew and cast.

Serial episode titles:

1. The Adventures of Kathlyn
2. The Two Orphans
3. The Temple of the Lion
4. A Royal Slave
5. A Colonel in Chains
6. Three Bags of Silver
7. The Garden of Brides
8. The Cruel Crown
9. The Spellbound Multitude
10. A Warrior Maid
11. The Forged Parchment
12. The King's Will
13. The Court of Death

[edit] External links

• The Adventures of Kathlyn (serial) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Adventures of Kathlyn (feature) at the Internet Movie Database