Smashing Barriers
1919 American film
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Smashing Barriers is a lost[1] 1919 15-part 1919 American film serial directed by and starring William Duncan. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.
Directed byWilliam Duncan
Written byC. Graham Baker
R. Cecil Smith
R. Cecil Smith
Based onscreen story by Albert E. Smith and Cyrus Townsend Brady
Produced byVitagraph Company of America
| Smashing Barriers | |
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 Film Poster; chapter #8 | |
| Directed by | William Duncan |
| Written by | C. Graham Baker R. Cecil Smith |
| Based on | screen story by Albert E. Smith and Cyrus Townsend Brady |
| Produced by | Vitagraph Company of America |
| Starring | William Duncan Edith Johnson |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 chapters |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
This serial was condensed down to a 6-reel feature and rereleased by Vitagraph in 1923 under the same title.[2]
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Cast
- William Duncan as Dan Stevens
- Edith Johnson as Helen Cole
- Walter Rodgers as Slicker Williams
- George Stanley as John Stevens
- Fred Darnton as Benjamin Cole
- Slim Cole as Long Tom Brown
- William McCall as Henry Marlin
- Joe Ryan as Wirenail Hedges
- Vincente Howard
- Dorothea Wolbert
Chapters
- The Test of Courage
- The Plunge of Death
- The Tree Hut of Torture
- The Deed of a Devil
- The Living Grave
- Downward to Doom
- The Fatal Plight
- The Murder Car
- The Dynamite Tree
- Overpowered
- The Den of Deviltry
- Explosive Bullets
- The Deadfall
- Trapped Like Rats
- The Human Chain (alternate title: "The Final Barrier")
Preservation status
- The complete original chapter serial is lost. An incomplete abridgement of the 1923 feature version survives with a private collector.[3]
