The Vanishing Dagger

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title: "The Vanishing Dagger" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1920-films", "1920-adventure-films", "1920-lost-films", "1920-american-films", "1920s-english-language-films", "american-black-and-white-films", "american-silent-serial-films", "english-language-adventure-films", "films-directed-by-edward-a.-kull", "lost-american-silent-adventure-films", "universal-pictures-film-serials"] description: "1920 film" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanishing_Dagger" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1920 film ::

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Field	Value
name	The Vanishing Dagger
image	The Vanishing Dagger (1920) - 1.jpg
caption	Advertisement announcing the serial with stills from two other Eddie Polo films
director	Edward A. Kull
J. P. McGowan
Eddie Polo
writer	Jacques Jaccard
Hope Loring
Milton Moore
George W. Pyper
starring	Eddie Polo
Thelma Percy
cinematography	Edward A. Kull
distributor	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
released
runtime	18 episodes
country	United States
language	Silent (English intertitles)
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| name = The Vanishing Dagger | image = The Vanishing Dagger (1920) - 1.jpg | caption = Advertisement announcing the serial with stills from two other Eddie Polo films | director = Edward A. Kull J. P. McGowan Eddie Polo | producer = | writer = Jacques Jaccard Hope Loring Milton Moore George W. Pyper | starring = Eddie Polo Thelma Percy | cinematography = Edward A. Kull | editing = | distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Co. | released = | runtime = 18 episodes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles)

The Vanishing Dagger is a 1920 American adventure film serial directed by Edward A. Kull, J. P. McGowan, and Eddie Polo. It is presumed to be a lost film. Portions of this serial were filmed in England. The film had the working title The Thirteenth Hour.

Cast

• Eddie Polo as John Edward Grant
• Thelma Percy as Elizabeth Latimer
• C. Norman Hammond as Sir George Latimer
• Laura Oakley as Lady Mary Latimer
• Ray Ripley as Prince Narr
• Karl Silvera as Prince Zan
• Ruth Royce as Sonia, Narr's Favorite
• Thomas G. Lingham as King Claypool
• Peggy O'Day as Nell (credited as Peggy O'Dare)
• Texas Watts as Len, Grant's Man
• Arthur Jarvis as Sir Richard Upton
• Leach Cross
• Leslie T. Peacocke
• J. P. McGowan

Plot

Chapter titles

1. The Scarlet Confession
2. The Night of Terror
3. In Death's Clutches
4. On the Trail of the Dagger
5. The End of the Rustlers
6. A Terrible Calamity
7. Plunged to His Doom
8. In Unmerciful Hands
9. The Lights of Liverpool (a.k.a. Ferocious Foes)
10. When London Sleeps
11. A Race to Scotland
12. An Evil Plot
13. Spears of Death
14. Walls of Doom
15. The Great Pendulum
16. Beneath the Sea
17. Beasts of the Jungle
18. The Vanishing Dagger (a.k.a. Silver Linings)

References

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Vanishing Dagger''". silentera.com.
2. Buck, Rainey. (1999). "Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956". McFarland & Co..

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