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'''''The Hawk's Trail''''' is a 1919 serial featuring King Baggot and Grace Darmond. The serial was written by Nan Blair, and directed by Woody Van Dyke under the supervision of Universal Pictures.
'''''The Hawk's Trail''''' is a 1919 serial featuring King Baggot and Grace Darmond. The serial was written by Nan Blair and directed by Woody Van Dyke under the supervision of Universal Pictures.


==Plot Synopsis==
==Plot Synopsis==
Sheldon Steele (King Baggot) is a sleuth who is hired by Jean Drake to unravel a mysterious burglary. "lron" Dugan (Harry Lorraine), the master crook, was after the Drake fortune and had assumed the identity of William Drake, the uncle of Jean and Claire Drake (Grace Darmond and Rhea Mitchell respectively), to get it.  He gave Claire a comfortable home because she was in love with his son, Bob Dugan Junior (who knows nothing of his father's plans), but when he discovers she's a threat to his plans, he sends her to a swami's home where she is to be abducted; Steele poses as the swami and foils the abduction. Eventually, Jean's freed and Dugan's captured.
Sheldon Steele (King Baggot) is a sleuth who is hired by Jean Drake to unravel a mysterious burglary. "lron" Dugan (Harry Lorraine), the master crook, was after the Drake fortune and had assumed the identity of William Drake, the uncle of Jean and Claire Drake (Grace Darmond and Rhea Mitchell respectively), to get it.  He gave Claire a comfortable home because she was in love with his son, Bob Dugan Junior (who knows nothing of his father's plans), but when he discovers she's a threat to his plans, he sends her to a swami's home where she is to be abducted; Steele poses as the swami and foils the abduction. Eventually, Jean's freed and Dugan's captured.
 
==Chapter titles==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Title
!Status
|-
|1
|Falce Faces
|'''Lost'''
|-
| 2
| The Superman
|'''Lost'''
|-
|3
|Yellow Shadows
|'''Lost'''
|-
| 4
|Stained Hands
|'''Lost'''
|-
|5
|House of Fear
|'''Lost'''
|-
|6
|Room Above
|'''Lost'''
|-
|7
|The Bargain
|'''Lost'''
|-
| 8
|The Phantom Melody
|'''Lost'''
|-
|9
|The Lure
|'''Lost'''
|-
|10
|The Swoop
|'''Lost'''
|-
|11
|One Fatal Step
|'''Lost'''
|-
|12
|Tides That Tell
|'''Lost'''
|-
|13
|Face to Face
|'''Lost'''
|-
|14
|The Substitute
|'''Lost'''
|-
|15
|The Showdown
|'''Lost'''
|}


==Availability==
==Availability==
While the film hasn't yet surfaced either online or in any notable institution in it's physical form, posters and other promotional material for the serial still exist.
While the film hasn't yet surfaced either online or in any notable institution in its physical form, posters and other promotional material for the serial still exist.<ref>http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HawksTrail1920.html</ref>


==External Links==
==External Links==

Revision as of 20:25, 26 May 2022

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Poster for the film.

Status: Lost

The Hawk's Trail is a 1919 serial featuring King Baggot and Grace Darmond. The serial was written by Nan Blair and directed by Woody Van Dyke under the supervision of Universal Pictures.

Plot Synopsis

Sheldon Steele (King Baggot) is a sleuth who is hired by Jean Drake to unravel a mysterious burglary. "lron" Dugan (Harry Lorraine), the master crook, was after the Drake fortune and had assumed the identity of William Drake, the uncle of Jean and Claire Drake (Grace Darmond and Rhea Mitchell respectively), to get it. He gave Claire a comfortable home because she was in love with his son, Bob Dugan Junior (who knows nothing of his father's plans), but when he discovers she's a threat to his plans, he sends her to a swami's home where she is to be abducted; Steele poses as the swami and foils the abduction. Eventually, Jean's freed and Dugan's captured.

Chapter titles

# Title Status
1 Falce Faces Lost
2 The Superman Lost
3 Yellow Shadows Lost
4 Stained Hands Lost
5 House of Fear Lost
6 Room Above Lost
7 The Bargain Lost
8 The Phantom Melody Lost
9 The Lure Lost
10 The Swoop Lost
11 One Fatal Step Lost
12 Tides That Tell Lost
13 Face to Face Lost
14 The Substitute Lost
15 The Showdown Lost

Availability

While the film hasn't yet surfaced either online or in any notable institution in its physical form, posters and other promotional material for the serial still exist.[1]

External Links

Reference