The Adventures of Kathlyn

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The Adventures of Kathlyn is a pioneering 1913 American adventure film serial that helped establish the cliffhanger format in early cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
adventure film
film serial
silent film
associatedWith Selig Zoo
surface form: Selig Zoo (for animal sequences)
basedOn The Adventures of Kathlyn self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Adventures of Kathlyn (newspaper serial)
character Colonel Hare
Kathlyn Hare
Prince Umballah
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Francis J. Grandon
distributor General Film Company
Selig Polyscope Company
era silent era
filmFormat black-and-white
silent
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
firstRunExhibition United States theatrical release
format film serial
genre action
adventure
hasEpisodeStructure cliffhanger endings
hasSequel The Adventures of Kathlyn self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Adventures of Kathlyn (novelization)
hasType chapter play
includesElement exotic adventure
wild animal scenes
leadActor Kathlyn Williams
notableFor being one of the earliest American film serials
helping establish the cliffhanger format in early cinema
numberOfEpisodes 13
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
originalMedium motion picture
period early 1910s American cinema
producer Selig Polyscope Company
releaseDateOfFirstEpisode 1913-12-29
releaseYear 1913
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 2 reels
screenplayBy Gilson Willets
setting fictional kingdom of Allaha
starred Charles Clary
Frank Clark
Kathlyn Williams
Lafe McKee
Tom Santschi
status partially lost film
titleCharacter Kathlyn Williams
surface form: Kathlyn Hare

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Selig Polyscope Company hasFilm The Adventures of Kathlyn
The Adventures of Kathlyn basedOn The Adventures of Kathlyn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Kathlyn (newspaper serial)
The Adventures of Kathlyn hasSequel The Adventures of Kathlyn self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Adventures of Kathlyn (novelization)
William Nicholas Selig notableWork The Adventures of Kathlyn