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'''''The Eagle's Eye''''' is a lost 1918 20-chapter silent serial that is the ownly one of its kind known to have been based entirely on real events.  Not even another lost serial, '''''With Stanley in Africa,''''' which came out in 1922, can make that claim - its success depended on the fact that it depicted the eponymous hero going up against a cruel group of slavers who had abducted the female lead character.
'''''The Eagle's Eye''''' is a lost 1918 20-chapter silent serial that is the ownly one of its kind known to have been based entirely on real events.  Not even another lost serial, '''''With Stanley in Africa,''''' which came out in 1922, can make that claim - its success depended on the fact that it depicted the eponymous hero going up against a cruel group of slavers who had abducted the female lead character.  The serial featured King Baggot and Marguerite Snow in the leading roles.


== Plot Summary ==
== Plot Summary ==

Revision as of 14:45, 30 May 2018

The Eagle's Eye is a lost 1918 20-chapter silent serial that is the ownly one of its kind known to have been based entirely on real events. Not even another lost serial, With Stanley in Africa, which came out in 1922, can make that claim - its success depended on the fact that it depicted the eponymous hero going up against a cruel group of slavers who had abducted the female lead character. The serial featured King Baggot and Marguerite Snow in the leading roles.

Plot Summary

The serial is based on the events surrounding America's entry into the First World War, and the villain is Captain von Rintelen, a real-life German agent who came to America with the goal of disrupting the production and shipment of the supplies needed by England and its allies. Among the events recreated in the serial were the capture of the documents that revealed the extend of German espionage in America, the sending of the Zimmermann Telegram, and of course, the entry of America into the war. The man who actually seized the German documents was named Francis Burke, but he was protected through the use of a single character who participated in all of the reenacted incidents, as were the other agents involved in the various true events.

Notes

This was the last serial released by the Wiener Brothers - its failure bankrupted them. It is possible that the main negative was housed in the Paramount Studi vault, and thus was destroyed in one of two fires, one on the 1930s and one in the 1960s. It is also possible that some episodes of this serial may still exist in Europe.

References

CONTINUED NEXT WEEK (book by Kalton C. Lahue) BOUND AND GAGGED (book by Kalton C. Lahue) The Eagle's Eye (1918) at Wikipedia.ord The Eagle's Eye (1918) at IMDB.com