Bride 13

Bride 13 is a 1920 American silent adventure thriller film serial directed by Richard Stanton, and the first film serial made by Fox. It is considered to be a lost film. Bride 13 was promoted as romantic film.

Plot

A band of pirates operating from a submarine off the U.S. coast cause depredations, and thirteen young and beautiful brides from wealthy families disappear and are held for ransom for millions of dollars, requiring the assistance of the Department of Justice and the U.S. Navy.

Cast

Marguerite Clayton as Bride 13
John B. O'Brien as Lt. Bob Norton
Gretchen Hartman as Zara
Arthur Earle
Lyster Chambers as Stephen Winthrop
Mary Christensen
Justine Holland as Bride 2
Dorothy Langley as Bride 1
Mary Ellen Capers as Bride 8
Martha McKay as Bride 5
Helen Johnson as Bride 6
Leona Clayton as Bride 4
Florence Mills as Bride 9
W. E. Lawrence

Production

Aiming to give the American public a sense of the importance of its warships and their operations, the U.S. Navy assisted in the production of the film by making its ships available. In addition to film of warships underway, scenes were filmed on board the destroyer USS Breckinridge and submarine USS R-1, and on seaplanes from the squadron assigned to the USS Shawmut.

Promotion

From an ad for the film:

Chapter titles

Snatched from the Altar
The Pirate's Fangs
The Craft of Despair#The Vulture's Prey
The Torture Chamber
The Tarantula's Trail
Tongues of Flame
Entombed
Hurled from the Clouds
The Cavern of Terror
Greyhounds of the Sea
The Creeping Peril
Reefs of Treachery
The Fiendish Tribesmen
Thundering Vengeance