The Moon Riders (serial)

1920 film

The Moon Riders

Lobby card for the series.

Directed by| B. Reeves Eason
Theodore Wharton
Written by| Karl R. Coolidge
George Hively
William Pigott
Albert Russell
Theodore Wharton
Story by| Karl R. Coolidge
George Hively
William Pigott
Albert Russell
Theodore Wharton
Starring| Art Acord
Mildred Moore
Cinematography| William M. Edmond
Alfred H. Lathem
Howard Oswald
Distributed by| Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Release date

* April 26, 1920 (1920-04-26)

Running time

| 360 minutes (18 episodes)
Country| United States
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

The Moon Riders is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Theodore Wharton. The serial is considered lost.[1] It ran for 18 episodes.

## Cast

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* Art Acord as Buck Ravelle, a Ranger
* Charles Newton as Arizona Baldwin
* Mildred Moore as Anna Baldwin, Arizona's Daughter
* George Field as Egbert, Leader of the Moon Riders
* Beatrice Dominguez as Rosa, Housekeeper's Daughter
* Tote Du Crow as Warpee, the Indian Chief
* Albert MacQuarrie as Gant, a crooked attorney

## Reception

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The Moon Riders is considered to be one of the more successful serials of the silent film era and it established Art Acord as a western star.[2]

## Chapter titles

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1. Over the Precipice
2. The Masked Marauders
3. The Red Rage of Jealousy
4. Vultures of the Hills
5. The Death Trap
6. Caves of Mystery
7. The Menacing Monster
8. The Moon Rider's Bride
9. Death's Door
10. The Pit of Fire
11. The House of Doom
12. Unmasked
13. His Hour of Torture
14. The Flaming Peril
15. Rushing Waters
16. Clearing Skies

## See also

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* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio

## References

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1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Moon Riders". silentera.com. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
2. ^ Buck, Rainey (1999). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 163\. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.

## External links

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Universal serials

Serials

| Silent Serials
(1914-1929)|

* Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery
* The Master Key
* The Trey o' Hearts
* The Black Box
* The Broken Coin
* Graft
* Under the Crescent
* The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
* Liberty
* The Mystery Ship
* The Red Ace
* The Gray Ghost
* The Voice on the Wire
* The Brass Bullet
* The Bull's Eye
* The Lion's Claws
* The Lure of the Circus
* The Red Glove
* The Great Radium Mystery
* The Lion Man
* The Midnight Man
* The Flaming Disc
* The Moon Riders
* King of the Circus
* The Vanishing Dagger
* The Dragon's Net
* The Diamond Queen
* Do or Die
* The Secret Four
* Terror Trail
* The White Horseman
* Winners of the West
* The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
* In the Days of Buffalo Bill
* Perils of the Yukon
* The Radio King
* With Stanley in Africa
* Around the World in 18 Days
* Beasts of Paradise
* The Eagle's Talons
* The Ghost City
* In the Days of Daniel Boone
* The Oregon Trail
* The Phantom Fortune
* The Social Buccaneer
* The Steel Trail
* The Fast Express
* The Fighting Ranger
* The Iron Man
* The Riddle Rider
* Wolves of the North
* Ace of Spades
* The Great Circus Mystery
* The Scarlet Streak
* Fighting with Buffalo Bill
* Strings of Steel
* The Winking Idol
* Blake of Scotland Yard
* The Fire Fighters
* The Return of the Riddle Rider
* The Trail of the Tiger
* Whispering Smith Rides
* Haunted Island
* Tarzan the Mighty
* The Vanishing Rider
* The Diamond Master
* A Final Reckoning
* The Pirate of Panama

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Part-sound Serials
(1929-1930)|

* The Ace of Scotland Yard
* Tarzan the Tiger
* The Jade Box
* The Lightning Express
* Terry of the Times
* The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials
(1931-1942)|

* Finger Prints
* Heroes of the Flames
* Danger Island
* Battling with Buffalo Bill
* The Spell of the Circus
* Detective Lloyd
* The Airmail Mystery
* Heroes of the West
* Jungle Mystery
* The Lost Special
* Clancy of the Mounted
* The Phantom of the Air
* Gordon of Ghost City
* The Perils of Pauline
* Pirate Treasure
* The Vanishing Shadow
* The Red Rider
* Tailspin Tommy
* Rustlers of Red Dog
* The Call of the Savage
* The Roaring West
* Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
* The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
* Flash Gordon
* The Phantom Rider
* Ace Drummond
* Jungle Jim
* Secret Agent X-9
* Wild West Days
* Radio Patrol
* Tim Tyler's Luck
* Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
* Flaming Frontiers
* Red Barry
* Scouts to the Rescue
* Buck Rogers
* The Oregon Trail
* The Phantom Creeps
* The Green Hornet
* Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
* Winners of the West
* Junior G-Men
* The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
* Sky Raiders
* Riders of Death Valley
* Sea Raiders

War-time Serials
(1942-1945)|

* Don Winslow of the Navy
* Gang Busters
* Junior G-Men of the Air
* Overland Mail
* The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
* Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
* Adventures of the Flying Cadets
* The Great Alaskan Mystery
* Raiders of Ghost City
* Mystery of the River Boat
* Jungle Queen
* The Master Key
* Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials
(1945-1946)|

* The Royal Mounted Rides Again
* The Scarlet Horseman
* Lost City of the Jungle
* The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

* Film serials

* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio

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Films directed by B. Reeves Eason

* The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
* After the Storm
* Alimony Madness
* Around the World in 18 Days
* The Assayer of Lone Gap
* The Barren Gain
* Behind Jury Doors
* The Big Adventure
* Black Arrow
* The Blot on the Shield
* Blue Montana Skies
* Blue Streak McCoy
* The Bluffers
* Call of the Yukon
* Clearing the Trail
* Colorado
* Competition
* Cornered
* The Crow
* Dance Hall Hostess
* Daredevil Drivers
* Darkest Africa
* The Day of Reckoning
* The Denver Dude
* The Desert Hawk
* Drawing the Line
* Empty Holsters
* The Exile of Bar-K Ranch
* A Fight to the Finish
* The Fighting Heart
* The Fighting Line
* The Fighting Marines
* Fighting the Flames
* Fighting Youth
* The Fire Eater
* Flashing Spurs
* The Flyin' Cowboy
* The Four-Bit Man
* Galloping Fury
* The Galloping Ghost
* Give Me Liberty
* A Good Business Deal
* Hair Trigger Stuff
* The Heart Punch
* Hearts in Shadow
* Held Up for the Makin's
* Her Resale Value
* His Last Race
* His Nose in the Book
* The Honor of the District Attorney
* The Honor of the Press
* Human Stuff
* In Trust
* The Jack of Hearts
* Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
* The Kid and the Cowboy
* The Kid Comes Back
* King of the Wild
* Land Beyond the Law
* The Lariat Kid
* The Last of the Mohicans
* The Law of the Wild
* The Little Lady Next Door
* Lone Hand Saunders
* The Lone Hand
* Matching Dreams
* Men of the Sky
* Midnight Morals
* The Miracle Rider
* The Moon Riders
* Mountain Mary
* Mountain Rhythm
* Murder in the Big House
* Murder on the Waterfront
* Mystery Mountain
* Neighbors' Wives
* 'Neath Canadian Skies
* The New Champion
* The Newer Way
* Nine-Tenths of the Law
* North of the Border
* Painted Ponies
* The Phantom
* The Phantom Empire
* Pink Tights
* The Poet of the Peaks
* The Prairie King
* Prairie Thunder
* Profit from Loss
* The Prospector's Vengeance
* A Question of Honor
* The Rattler's Hiss
* Red Courage
* Red River Valley
* Revenge at Monte Carlo
* Riding for Fame
* Rimfire
* Roaring Ranch
* Roughshod
* A Sanitarium Scramble
* Sergeant Murphy
* Service with the Colors
* The Shadow of the Eagle
* The Shadow on the Wall
* Shadows
* The Silver Lining
* The Smuggler's Cave
* The Solution to the Mystery
* The Spirit of Adventure
* Spurs
* Spy Ship
* The Substitute Minister
* The Sunset Trail
* The Tanks Are Coming
* The Tell Tale Wire
* The Test of Donald Norton
* The Texas Bearcat
* The Sign of the Claw
* Through Thick and Thin
* Tiger Thompson
* Time and Tide
* To Melody a Soul Responds
* To Rent Furnished
* A Trick of Hearts
* Trigger Fingers
* Trigger Tricks
* Truck Busters
* Two Kinds of Love
* Undersea Kingdom
* The Vanishing Legion
* Viviana
* The Wasp
* The Winged Horseman
* Women First

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Films directed by Theodore Wharton

* Abraham Lincoln's Clemency
* Beatrice Fairfax
* Dear Old Girl
* The Exploits of Elaine
* From the Submerged
* The Indian Wars Refought
* The Lottery Man
* The Moon Riders
* The Mysteries of Myra
* The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford
* The New Exploits of Elaine
* Patria
* The Power of Conscience
* The Romance of Elaine
* The Snare

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