The Girl Detective

Jan 2, 1915

0h 20m

★ 5.8

Overview

A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Kalem Company

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Cast

Ruth, The Girl Detective

Ruth Roland

Bertha, the Girl Detective

Marin Sais

Kate Rumson / Mrs. Rodger Hastings / Olga / Queenie / Molly Moran / Jean, The Girl Detective

Cleo Ridgely

Chief of Police Harding

Edward Clisbee

John Talcott

Arthur Shirley

Rumson / Strumfsky / Isaacson / Fairfax / Marsden / Rankin / Deacon / Merriman / Craven / Kerrigan / Brandon / Dr. Barry

William H. West

Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake

Paul Hurst

Mrs. Churchill / Emily Wharton / Mary Kerrigan / Marie / Mrs. Winslow / Mabel Keene / Mrs. Cluett

Ollie Kirby

George Warren / Machson / Doran / Rat Hogan / Ripert Bladeau / Jarvis / Breslow / Jeffries / Rillando / Dr. Keene

Thomas G. Lingham

McGregor / Buck Donegal / Fourteen-Carat Tommy / Henri Bladeau / Turner / Denton / Jordan / Scotty Weed

Frank Jonasson

Rodger Hastings / Harry Warrington

R. Henry Grey

Peters / Thompson

Thomas Galligan

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

0.0

The Million Dollar Mystery

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6.6

The House of Hate

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0.0

The Lost Express

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6.0

The Broken Coin

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0.0

The Red Glove

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6.9

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

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5.2

The Hurricane Express

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0.0

Bride 13

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0.0

Who Is Number One?

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A silent 15-part movie serial.

5.0

The Trail of the Octopus

Oct 19, 1919

Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!

0.0

The Third Eye

May 23, 1920

A pretty movie star is stalked by a strange gang whose leader is infatuated with her in this superior Pathé serial written by genre specialist H.H. van Loan. Released in 15 chapters between May and August of 1920, the serial offered a glimpse into the still mysterious world of movie-making

5.6

Batman and Robin

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3.7

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Mar 27, 1946

Hop Harrigan, a top Air Corps pilot, leaves the military and he and his mechanic, Tank Tinker, open up a small charter air service. They are hired to fly an inventor, Dr. Tabor, to his secret laboratory, where he is working on a new and powerful energy machine. However, a mysterious villain named The Chief Pilot is determined to have the new energy machine for his own purposes and kidnaps Dr. Tabor.

6.9

Fantômas

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A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.

0.0

The Chinatown Mystery

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3.0

The Fatal Warning

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6.0

The Iron Claw

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6.4

Batman

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0.0

Zudora

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