PATRIA Serial (1917) Existing Chapters & Slideshow featuring Warner Oland, Irene Castle

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PATRIA International Film Service/Wharton 1917 15 Chapters Available on DVD from www.serialsquadron.com Restored and Scored by Eric Stedman Heroine: Patria Channing (Irene Castle) Her Friend: Donald Parr (Milton Sills) Villains: Baron Huroki (Warner Oland), Juan De Lima (George Majeroni) Main Henchman: Kato (Mike Rale) Directed by: Jacques Jaccard, Leo Wharton, Theodore Wharton Plot: A munitions heiress joins Secret Service agent Donald Parr in his fight against anti-American machinations of spies from Japan and Mexico. Notes: Filmed in Ithaca, New York, where Irene Castle would later take up residence. William Randolph Hearst financed this serial as an expression of his fear that Japan might attack the U.S. during World War I. A young Rudolph Valentino can be glimpsed in a group scene in a dance hall, filmed in New York City at a club where he was briefly employed. Episodes: 1. Last of the Fighting Channings: The night before munitions heiress Patria Channing is set claim her inheritance, she is summoned to New York by her guardian. On her way to New York, she is attacked by men under the hire of Baron Huroki, leader of a gang of Japanese secret agents, but finds a valuable ally in U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr. 2. Treasure: After her guardian is murdered, Patria finds a note telling her of a secret vault under the house, containing 100 million dollars. Baron Huroki and his men sack the estate in search of the money and are willing to burn the place down if necessary to get it. 3. Winged Millions: Donald searches for the treasure box, stolen by Huroki’s men, but Patria follows him and unwittingly stumbles into a trap. 4. Double Crossed: Huroki schemes to replace Patria with a lookalike dancer named Elaine, whose jealous manager has other plans. 5. The Island God Forgot: Donald overhears a conversation about an island of Japanese spies and munitions and plans an attack on it, just as Patria washes up on the same island after she is thrown off a ship by the spies. 6. Alias Nemesis: Elaine, still posing as Patria, announces her engagement to Juan De Lima at a party, but when she goes back to her room, she finds the real Patria there, who forces her to change places again. After this, Elaine’s vengeful manager sneaks in and shoots Elaine. When Huroki arrives, Patria poses as Elaine and tells him that the corpse is the real Patria. 7. Red Dawn: Patria, still posing as one of Huroki’s spies, foils a plan to get her fortune, however, when De Lima insists on an immediate marriage to Patria, she and Donald must cook up a plan to get her out. 8. Red Night: Huroki attempts to ferment a strike at the Channing plant, but is foiled when Patria immediately concedes to the workers’ demands, on the condition that they all be given military training. 9. Cat’s Paw and Scapegoat: Huroki attempts to destroy Patria’s loyalty to Donald by setting him up to be discovered with another woman. 10. War in the Dooryard: Baron Huroki’s army stages an all-out attack on New York. Donald assists Patria’s factory workers, now trained as soldiers, in opposing them.