The Avenging Arrow

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::summary 1921 film ::

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Field	Value
name	The Avenging Arrow
image	The Avenging Arrow-1921-episode11-poster.jpg
caption	A poster for episode 11
director	William Bowman
W. S. Van Dyke
writer	Jack Cunningham
story	Ben B. Cohen
based_on
starring	Ruth Roland
Edward Hearn
producer	Ruth Roland Serials
Robert Brunton Studios
distributor	Pathé Exchange
released
runtime	15 episodes
country	United States
language	Silent
English intertitles
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| name = The Avenging Arrow | image = The Avenging Arrow-1921-episode11-poster.jpg | caption = A poster for episode 11 | director = William Bowman W. S. Van Dyke | writer = Jack Cunningham | story = Ben B. Cohen | based_on = | starring = Ruth Roland Edward Hearn | cinematography = | producer = Ruth Roland Serials Robert Brunton Studios | distributor = Pathé Exchange | released = | runtime = 15 episodes | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/The_Avenging_Arrow-1921-lobbycard.jpg" caption="A scene from episode 2: "The Enemy Strikes.""] ::

The Avenging Arrow is a 1921 American silent Western film serial directed by William J. Bowman and W. S. Van Dyke. Its 15 episodes are now considered to be lost.

Plot

Episodes

Fifteen episodes of The Avenging Arrow were released weekly from March 13 to June 19, 1921:

1. “The Vow of Mystery”
2. “The Enemy Strikes”
3. “The Hands”
4. “A Life in Jeopardy”
5. “The Message Stone”
6. “The Midnight Attack”
7. “The Double Game”
8. “The Strange Pact”
9. “The Auction Block”
10. “Outwitted”
11. “Dangerous Waters”
12. “The House of Treachery”
13. “On Perilous Grounds”
14. “Shifting Sands”
15. “The Toll of the Desert”

Cast

• Ruth Roland as Anita Delgado
• Edward Hearn as Ralph Troy
• Virginia Ainsworth as Luiza Traganza
• S.E. Jennings as Don Jose Delgado
• William Steele as Don Carlos Martinez
• Chief "Big Tree" as Modoc
• Frank Lackteen as Pablo
• James Robert Chandler as The Hermit (as Robert Chandler)
• Otto Lederer as Joaquin Ruiz
• Vera Sisson as White Faun

References

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Avenging Arrow''". Silent Era.
2. Staff Writer. (March 5, 1921). "Releases for Week of March 13". Chalmers Publishing Company.
3. Staff Writer. (August 20, 1921). "Week of June 19". Chalmers Publishing Company.

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