''Do or Die'' is a 1921 American
film serial
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directed by
J. P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors ...
. The film is considered to be
lost.
The film serial had a
working title
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of ''The Seal of Satan''. Several of its scenes where filmed at the
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Fortress
* Morro Castle (Havana), a fortress guarding Havana Bay, Cuba
* Castillo San Felipe del Morro
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in
Havana
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.
Cast
*
Eddie Polo
Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Boo ...
as Jack Merton
* Magda Lane as The Mystery Woman
* Inez McDonald as Dolores Nunez
*
J. P. McGowan
John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors ...
as Captain Alvarez / Satan
*
Jay Marchant as Mendez
* Jean Perkins as Rafael
Chapters
# The Buccaneer's Bride
# The Hornet's Nest
# The Secret of the Sea
# The Hidden Danger
# The Bandit's Victim
# The Escape
# In Hiding
# The Trap
# Under Sentence
# The Secret Cavern
# Satan's Twin
# The Lost Ring
# The Cipher Key
# The Midnight Attack
# The Race for Life
# The Crystal Lake
# A Fight to the Finish
# Hidden Treasure
See also
*
List of American films of 1921
A list of American films released in 1921 in film, 1921. In the years before, during and since World War I several major studios based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood had come to dominate American film production including Paramount P ...
*
List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
(Film prints exist unless noted otherwise)
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios.
The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are considered ...
References
External links
*
Do or Die - Eddie Polo - Universal Weekly - 47 pages of details
1921 films
1921 lost films
1920s action thriller films
1920s American films
American action thriller films
American black-and-white films
American silent serial films
Lost American action adventure films
Films about treasure hunting
Films directed by J. P. McGowan
Films shot in Havana
Silent American adventure films
Silent American thriller films
Universal Pictures film serials
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