fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Green Archer is the 12th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based on Edgar Wallace's 1923 novel The Green Archer, which had previously been adapted into the silent serial of the same name in 1925 by Pathé Exchange.[1]
1940 film by James W. Horne
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The Green Archer |
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Directed by | James W. Horne |
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Screenplay by | Morgan Cox (as Morgan B. Cox) John Cutting Jesse Duffy (as Jesse D. Duffy James W. Horne |
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Based on | The Green Archer by Edgar Wallace |
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Produced by | Larry Darmour |
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Starring | Victor Jory Iris Meredith |
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Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
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Edited by | Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner |
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Music by | Lee Zahler |
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Production company | Columbia Pictures |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date |
- October 25, 1940 (1940-10-25)
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Running time | 285 minutes (15 episodes) |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Plot
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother, Abel Bellamy, takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewelry-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother's wife to keep things quiet. Insurance investigator Spike Holland enters the case, and Bellamy continually dispatches his resident gang to do away with him. Detective Thompson, representing the law, is seldom of any help. Meanwhile, the estate's fabled "Green Archer", a masked, leotard-clad marksman, steals silently through Garr Castle and the estate grounds, confounding the enemy forces.
This serial is an example of a fifteen-episode production that could have been rented for a twelve-episode run, as three episodes use an entirely self-contained subplot concerning the theft of a synthetic radium formula.
Cast
Chapter titles
- Prison Bars Beckon
- The Face at the Window
- The Devil's Dictograph
- Vanishing Jewels
- The Fatal Spark
- The Necklace of Treachery
- The Secret Passage
- Garr Castle is Robbed
- Mirror of Treachery
- The Dagger that Failed
- The Flaming Arrow
- The Devil Dogs
- The Deceiving Microphone
- End of Hope
- The Green Archer Exposed[2]
Production
The script was written by Morgan B. Cox, John Cutting, and Jesse A. Duffy. Director James W. Horne also contributed to the script, which often emphasizes tongue-in-cheek comedy. Under Horne's direction, the heroes and villains exaggerate the melodrama — James Craven is enjoyably florid as the villain, and his henchmen also play for laughs, with comedian Fred Kelsey cast as a very dumb detective. In one scene some of the crooks are shown playing tiddlywinks.
The serial was released in the US on October 1, 1940, and in Latin America in March 1941 under the title El Arquero Verde (in English with Spanish subtitles). The Green Archer was one of 1940's best remembered serials.[3]
See also
- List of American films of 1940
- List of film serials by year
- List of film serials by studio
- The Green Archer (1961)
References
- Cline, William C (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- Cline, William C (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland and Company, Inc. pp. 228–229. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- Cline, William C (1984). "4. The Plotters of Peril (The Writers)". In the Nick of Time. McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 57. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links
Preceded by |
Columbia serial The Green Archer (1940) |
Succeeded by |
Columbia serials |
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Pre-war serials (1937–1941) | |
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War-time serials (1942–1945) | |
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Post-war serials (1945–1956) | |
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Novels |
- The Four Just Men (1905)
- Angel Esquire (1908)
- The Council of Justice (1908)
- Captain Tatham (1909)
- The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
- The Nine Bears (1910)
- Private Selby (1912)
- The Fourth Plague (1913)
- Grey Timothy (1913)
- The River of Stars (1913)
- The Man Who Bought London (1915)
- The Melody of Death (1915)
- A Debt Discharged (1916)
- The Tomb of Ts'in (1916)
- The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
- The Secret House (1917)
- The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
- Down Under Donovan (1918)
- The Man Who Knew (1918)
- Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
- The Green Rust (1919)
- Kate Plus Ten (1919)
- The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
- Jack O'Judgment (1920)
- The Book of All Power (1921)
- The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
- The Angel of Terror (1922)
- The Crimson Circle (1922)
- The Flying Fifty-Five (1922)
- Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
- The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
- The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
- The Green Archer (1923)
- The Missing Million (1923)
- The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
- Double Dan (1924)
- The Face in the Night (1924)
- Room 13 (1924)
- The Sinister Man (1924)
- The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
- Blue Hand (1925)
- The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
- The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
- The Strange Countess (1925)
- The Three Just Men (1925)
- The Avenger (1926)
- Barbara on Her Own (1926)
- The Black Abbot (1926)
- The Northing Tramp (1926)
- The Terrible People (1926)
- The Yellow Snake (1926)
- The Big Foot (1927)
- Terror Keep (1927)
- The Traitor's Gate (1927)
- The Squeaker (1927)
- The Forger (1927)
- Again the Three (1928)
- The Gunner (1928)
- Four Square Jane (1929)
- The Green Ribbon (1929)
- The India-Rubber Men (1929)
- The Calendar (1930)
- The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
- The Lady of Ascot (1930)
- The Man at the Carlton (1931)
- The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)
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Plays |
- An African Millionaire (1904)
- M'Lady (1921)
- Double Dan (1927)
- The Terror (1927)
- The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)
- The Calendar (1929)
- Persons Unknown (1929)
- On the Spot (1930)
- The Mouthpiece (1930)
- Smoky Cell (1930)
- The Old Man (1931)
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Screenplays | |
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Adaptations | J. G. Reeder | |
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The Four Just Men | |
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Edgar Wallace Mysteries | |
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Rialto Films | |
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Other | |
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Television |
- Educated Evans (1957–58)
- The Mixer (1992)
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Family | |
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