Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery

Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery is a 1914 American action film serial directed by Francis Ford. It was the first serial by Universal. It was originally intended to be a short subject. The serial is now considered to be lost with only four episodes surviving.[2] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.[3] The head of the Universal City Zoo, animal trainer Doc Kirby, was mauled by a lion during production and died shortly thereafter from a septic infection of the wound.[4]

Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery
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Directed byFrancis Ford
Written byGrace Cunard
Francis Ford
StarringGrace Cunard
Francis Ford
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • April 14, 1914 (1914-04-14)
Running time
15 episodes (300 minutes) (20 Minutes per Episode)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$30,000[1]
Box office$1.5 million[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Wood, Thomas (December 22, 1946). "The Sad State of the Serial". The New York Times. p. 51.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery". Silent Era. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
  3. ^ "Lucille Love, The Girl of Mystery, or: Lost in the Yukon". Classic Film Aficionados. September 18, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Spokesman-Review 03 May 1914, page 32". Newspapers.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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