Neal of the Navy

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Neal of the Navy
Lillian Lorraine 1.jpg
Moving Picture World, 1915
Directed byWilliam Bertram
W. M. Harvey
Written byDouglas Bronston
William Hamilton Osborne
StarringWilliam Courtleigh, Jr.
Lillian Lorraine
Distributed byBalboa Amusement Producing Company
Release date
  • September 2, 1915 (1915-09-02)
Running time
14 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Neal of the Navy is a 1915 American adventure film serial directed by William Bertram and W. M. Harvey. The film is considered to be lost.[1] Neal of the Navy was the first use of a man's name in the title of a serial.[2]

Film poster for the two part feature

Plot[]

An Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. He was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile, he and his sweetheart search for a buried treasure on Lost Island, which everyone is after.

A map is torn.[3]

Cast[]

  • William Courtleigh, Jr. as Neal Hardin
  • Lillian Lorraine as Annette Illington
  • William Conklin as Thomas Illington
  • Ed Brady as Hernandez
  • Henry Stanley as Ponto
  • Richard Johnson as Joe Welcher
  • Charles Dudley
  • Helen Lackaye as Mrs. Hardin
  • Bruce Smith as Captain John Hardin
  • Lucy Blake
  • Philo McCullough (unconfirmed)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Neal of the Navy". Silent Era. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  2. ^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). "2. The Perils of Success". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 36. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.
  3. ^ "The Routt County Sentinel December 10, 1915 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection". www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.

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