Neal of the Navy
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Neal of the Navy is a 1915 adventure
film serial directed by William Bertram and W. M. Harvey. The film is considered to be lost
. Neal of the Navy was the first use of a man's name in the title of a serial.
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
film serial directed by William Bertram and W. M. Harvey. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
. Neal of the Navy was the first use of a man's name in the title of a serial.
Plot summary
A former Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. He was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile he and his sweetheart search for a buried treasure on Lost Island, which everyone is after.Cast
- William Courtleigh Jr. - Neal Hardin
- Lillian LorraineLillian LorraineLillian Lorraine was a stage and screen actress of the 1910s and 1920s, best known for her beauty and for being perhaps the most famous Ziegfeld Girl in the Broadway revues Ziegfeld Follies during the 1910s....
- Annette Illington - William Conklin - Thomas Illington
- Ed Brady - Hernandez
- Henry Stanley - Ponto
- Richard Johnson - Joe Welcher
- Charles Dudley
- Helen Lackaye - Mrs. Hardin
- Bruce Smith - Captain John Hardin
- Lucy Blake
- Philo McCulloughPhilo McCulloughPhilo McCullough was an American actor. He appeared in 255 films between 1914 and 1969.He was born in San Bernardino, California and died in Burbank, California.-Selected filmography:* Heroes of the West...
(unconfirmed)