Graft (1915 serial)

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Graft
Directed by	George Lessey Richard Stanton
Written by	Joe Brandt Walter Woods
Starring	Harry Carey
Release dates	December 11, 1915 (1915-12-11)
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Graft is a 1915 American film serial featuring Harry Carey. This serial is considered to be lost.^[1]

Cast

Harry Carey - Tom Larnigan (Episodes 4-12). Carey took over lead from Hobart Henley from the fourth chapter.
Hobart Henley - Bruce Larnigan (Episodes 1-3)
Jane Novak - Dorothy Maxwell
Richard Stanton - Robert Harding
Glen White - Stanford Stone
Nanine Wright - Mrs. Larnigan
Mark Fenton - Roger Maxwell
Mina Cunard - Kitty Rockford
Jack Connolly - Ben Travers (as Jack F. Connolly)
Jack Abbott - Jim Stevens (as Jack F. Abbott)
Wadsworth Harris - Mark Gamble
Margaret Mayburn
Eddie Polo
J. Edwin Brown - (as Edward Brown)
William T. Horne - (as W.T. Horne)
Hayward Mack
Burton Law - (as Bert Law)
L. M. Wells - Roger Maxwell
Fred Hearne
Yona Landowska
Rex De Rosselli
Malcolm Blevins
Violet Schram
Rosita Marstini
Fred Montague - (as Frederick Montague)
E.P. Evers
Andrew Arbuckle
Gypsy Sartoris
Hector Sarno - (as Hector V. Sarno)
Mary Ruby
Will E. Sheerer - Dudley Larnigan (as William Sheerer)
Jack Curtis - Murphy
Helen Orr
Burton S. Wilson
Cecil Spooner - (as Mr. Spooner)
C.W. Bachman - (as Charles Bachman)
Elmer Wilson
Edward Clark - (as E. Clark)
Frank MacQuarrie
George Bonn
Mary Haines
George A. McDaniel - (as Mr. McDaniels)

Production

In an experiment, the plot was written in a round robin by several writers for both print and film.^[2] Each chapter was written by a different writer: Anna Katherine Green, Irvin S. Cobb, Louis Joseph Vance, Leroy Scott, Rupert Hughes, Zane Grey, James Philips Oppenheim, C.N. Williamson, A.M. Williamson, Wallace Irwin, Reginald Wright Kaufman, James Francis Dwyer, Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Joe Mitchell Chapple, Frederick Isham, George Bronson Howard, Nina Wilcox Putnam and Hugh Weir.^[1]

Chapter titles

Liquor and the Law
The Tenement House Evil
The Traction Grab
The Power of the People
Grinding Life Down
The Railroad Monopoly
America Saved from War
Old King Coal
The Insurance Swindlers
The Harbor Transportation Trust
The Illegal Bucket Shops
The Milk Battle
Powder Trust and the War
The Iron Ring
The Patent Medicine Danger
The Pirates of Finance
The Queen of the Prophets
The Hidden City of Crime
The Photo Badger Game
The Final Conquest^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Progressive Silent Film List: Graft". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
↑ Stedman, Raymond William. "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. pp. 35. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.

External links

Graft at the Internet Movie Database

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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