Bride 13


Bride 13 is a 1920 American silent adventure thriller film serial directed by Richard Stanton, and the first film serial made by Fox. It is considered to be a lost film. Bride 13 was promoted as romantic film.

Plot

A band of pirates operating from a submarine off the U.S. coast cause depredations, and thirteen young and beautiful brides from wealthy families disappear and are held for ransom for millions of dollars, requiring the assistance of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Navy.

Cast

Aiming to give the American public a sense of the importance of its warships and their operations, the U.S. Navy assisted in the production of the film by making its ships available. In addition to film of warships underway, scenes were filmed on board the destroyer USS Breckinridge and submarine USS R-1, and on seaplanes from the squadron assigned to the USS [Oglala |USS Shawmut].

Promotion

From an ad for the film:

Chapter titles

  1. Snatched from the Altar
  2. The Pirate's Fangs
  3. The Craft of Despair#The Vulture's Prey
  4. The Torture Chamber
  5. The Tarantula's Trail
  6. Tongues of Flame
  7. Entombed
  8. Hurled from the Clouds
  9. The Cavern of Terror
  10. Greyhounds of the Sea
  11. The Creeping Peril
  12. Reefs of Treachery
  13. The Fiendish Tribesmen
  14. Thundering Vengeance