Elmo, the Mighty (1919)

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Media (6)

Original title Elmo, the Mighty
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Swedish release 1920-10-15

Cast

Elmo Lincoln
kapten Elmo Armstrong

Grace Cunard
Lucille Gray

Ivor McFadden
Rawden, rövarhövding

Rex De Rosselli (as Rex De Roselli)
Granville Sear, timmerbolagets chef

Fred Starr (as Frederick Starr)
Steve Blighton, Sears hantlanger

Virginia Kraft (as Virginia Craft)
Mrs. Armstrong

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Titles

Original title
  • Elmo, the Mighty
Swedish release title
  • Den svarte spökryttaren
Partial title
  • The Mystery of Mad Mountan (Del 1)
  • Buried Alive (Del 2)
  • Flames of Hate (Del 3)
  • A Fiendish Revenge (Del 4)
  • The Phantom Rescue (Del 5)
  • The Puma's Paws (Del 6)
  • The Masked Pursuer (Del 7)
  • The Flaming Pit (Del 8)
  • The House of a Thousand Tortures (Del 9)
  • Victims of the Sea (Del 10)
  • The Burning Den (Del 11)
  • Lashed to the Rocks (Del 12)
  • Into the Chasm (Del 13)
  • The Human Bridge (Del 14)
  • Crashing to Earth (Del 15)
  • Parachute Perils (Del 16)
  • The Plunge (Del 17)
  • Unmasked (Del 18)
Re-release title
  • Vilda bergens hemlighet (nypremiär - Episod 1)
  • En kapplöpning för livet (nypremiär - Episod 2)
  • Mellan himmel och jord (nypremiär - Episod 3)
Episode title
  • Vilda bergens hemlighet : Första episoden i sex akter ur den stora äventyrsfilmen (Episod 1)
  • Den svarte spökryttaren : Andra episoden i sex akter ur den stora äventyrsseriefilmen (Episod 2)
  • Den underjordiska ligan : Tredje episoden i sex akter ur den stora äventyrsfilmen (Episod 3)
  • I förbund med döden : Fjärde episoden i fem akter ur den stora äventyrsfilmen (Episod 4)
  • Över avgrunden : Femte episoden i sex akter ur den stora äventyrsfilmen (Episod 5)
  • Den levande döde : Sjätte episoden i sex akter ur den stora äventyrsfilmen (Episod 6)

Crew

Director
Screenplay

Cast

Elmo Lincoln kapten Elmo Armstrong
Grace Cunard Lucille Gray
Ivor McFadden Rawden, rövarhövding
Rex De Rosselli (as Rex De Roselli) Granville Sear, timmerbolagets chef
Fred Starr (as Frederick Starr) Steve Blighton, Sears hantlanger
Virginia Kraft (as Virginia Craft) Mrs. Armstrong
Chai Hong kinesen Wang
William Orlamond (as W.A. Orlamond) Richard Gray, timmerbolagets agent
James Cole den svarte spökryttaren
Bob Reeves
Madge Hunt
Grace McLean
William N. Chapman (as W.H. Chapman)

Companies

Production Company Universal Film Manufacturing Company Inc.
Copyright Universal Film Manufacturing Company Inc. 1919
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Skandinavisk Filmcentral 1920
Rosenbergs Filmbyrå AB 1926

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 37045
Date 1926-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2175 meters
Censored length 2161 meters
Notes (Del 1-6)


Censorship number 37046
Date 1926-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1853 meters
Censored length 1838 meters
Notes (Del 7-12)


Censorship number 37047
Date 1926-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2397 meters
Censored length 2393 meters
Notes (Del 13-18)


Censorship number 24363
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 609 meters
Censored length 606 meters
Notes (Del 1: The Mystery of Mad Mountain) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24364
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 446 meters
Censored length 442 meters
Notes (Del 2: Buried Alive) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24365
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 434 meters
Censored length 426 meters
Notes (Del 3: Flames of Hate) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24366
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 410 meters
Censored length 407 meters
Notes (Del 4: A Fiendish Revenge) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24367
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 490 meters
Censored length 488 meters
Notes (Del 5: The Phantom Rescue) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24368
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 423 meters
Censored length 412 meters
Notes (Del 6: The Puma's Paws) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24369
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 402 meters
Censored length 394 meters
Notes (Del 7: The Masked Pursuer) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24370
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 513 meters
Censored length 505 meters
Notes (Del 8: The Flaming Pit) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24371
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 411 meters
Censored length 407 meters
Notes (Del 9: The House of a Thousand Tortures) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24372
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 789 meters
Censored length 779 meters
Notes (Del 10: Victims of the Sea. Del 11: The Burning Den) Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 24373
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 534 meters
Censored length 531 meters
Notes (Del 12: Lashed to the Rocks) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24374
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 522 meters
Censored length 515 meters
Notes (Del 13: Into the Chasm. Del 14: The Human Bridge) Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 24375
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 512 meters
Censored length 498 meters
Notes (Del 15: Crashing to Earth) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24376
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 527 meters
Notes (Del 16: Parachute Perils) Aktlängder: 0, 0.


Censorship number 24377
Date 1920-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 851 meters
Censored length 850 meters
Notes (Del 17: The Plunge. Del 18: Unmasked) Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 10800 meter
Reels 36 reels


Production location

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1919-06-16 USA (Del 1)
1919-06-23 USA (Del 2)
1919-06-30 USA (Del 3)
1919-07-07 USA (Del 4)
1919-07-14 USA (Del 5)
1919-07-21 USA (Del 6)
1919-07-28 USA (Del 7)
1919-08-04 USA (Del 8)
1919-08-11 USA (Del 9)
1919-08-18 USA (Del 10)
1919-08-25 USA (Del 11)
1919-09-01 USA (Del 12)
1919-09-08 USA (Del 13)
1919-09-15 USA (Del 14)
1919-09-22 USA (Del 15)
1919-09-29 USA (Del 16)
1919-10-06 USA (Del 17)
1919-10-13 USA (Del 18)
Release in Sweden 1920-10-15 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 1: Vilda bergens hemlighet. Består av del 1-3)
1920-10-15 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 1: Vilda bergens hemlighet. Består av del 1-3)
1920-10-25 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 2: Den svarte spökryttaren. Består av del 4-6)
1920-10-25 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 2: Den svarte spökryttaren. Består av del 4-6)
1920-11-01 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 3: Den underjordiska ligan. Består av del 7-9)
1920-11-01 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 3: Den underjordiska ligan. Består av del 7-9)
1920-11-08 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 4: I förbund med döden. Består av del 10-12)
1920-11-08 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 4: I förbund med döden. Består av del 10-12)
1920-11-15 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 5: Över avgrunden. Består av del 13-15)
1920-11-15 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 5: Över avgrunden. Består av del 13-15)
1920-11-22 Central-Biografen Stockholm Sweden (Episod 6: Den levande döde. Består av del 16-18)
1920-11-22 Scala Stockholm Sweden (Episod 6: Den levande döde. Består av del 16-18)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Nitrate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 135


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
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Size About 60 x 80 cm
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Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


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