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A Woman in the Web is a 1918

1918 in film

The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....

drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

film serial directed by Paul Hurst

Paul Hurst (actor)

Paul Causey Hurst was an American film actor and director.-Career:Born in Traver, California, and raised on a ranch, he appeared in hundreds of films during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. However, he got his start painting scenery as part of the backstage crew during the silent movie era...

and David Smith

David Smith (director)

David Smith , was an English film director of the silent era. He directed 79 films between 1915 and 1927.He was born in Faversham, Kent, and died in Santa Barbara, California.-External links:...

. It was the 9th of 17 serials released by The Vitagraph Company of America

Vitagraph Studios

American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. By 1907 it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros...

. This world war one period serial about a Russian princess and the otherthrow of the Tsar

Tsar

Tsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...

introduced the concept of the Red Menace

Red menace

Red Menace or red menace may refer to:* Red Scare or Red Menace, a term starting during the Cold War era to describe the Soviet Union or an "international communist conspiracy"...

to serials. The serial is now considered to be a lost film

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

Cast

Hedda Nova - Princess Olga Muratoft
J. Frank Glendon
J. Frank Glendon
J. Frank Glendon was an American film actor. He appeared in 79 films between 1915 and 1936.He was born in Choteau, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California...

- Jack Lawford
Ronald Bradbury - Baron Kovsky (as Robert Bradbury)
Otto Lederer
Otto Lederer
Otto Lederer was a Czech-born American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933.He was born in Prague, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He was married to actress Gretchen Lederer...

- Colonel Bormsk
Chet Ryan - Ivan, the Cossack
Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.-Early life and career:...

- Vassily, Ivan's Brother
Patricia Palmer
Ella Margaret Gibson
Ella Margaret "Gibby" Gibson , generally known as Margaret Gibson or Patricia Palmer, was an American stage and silent film actress who had leading roles in Vitagraph westerns, often opposite William Clifford. She also appeared with Charles Ray in The Coward and later worked in two Westerns with...

- Countess Irsky
George Kuwa
George Kuwa
George Kuwa was a Japanese and American Issei film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 58 films between 1916 and 1931...

Chapter titles

Caught in the Web
The Open Switch
The Speeding Doom
The Clutch of Terror
The Hand of Mystery
Full Speed Ahead
The Crater of Death
The Plunge of Horror
The Fire Trap
Out of the Dungeon
In the Desert's Grip
Hurled to Destruction
The Hidden Menace
The Crash of Fate
Out of the Web

Cast

Chapter titles

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