Partners in Peril

By Ed Hulse

Walter Miller and Allene Ray co-starred in ten classic “cliffhangers” produced and released during the late silent era by Pathé, one of the pioneering motion-picture companies. They were an incredibly popular team whose chapter-play hits included The Green Archer (a 1925 adaptation of Edgar Wallace’s classic mystery novel) and The House Without a Key (the 1926 serial that introduced Charlie Chan to moviegoers). Together with chief director Spencer Bennet and favorite scenarist Frank Leon Smith, Miller and Ray temporarily restored luster to a film form that had become tarnished.

This monograph exhaustively covers the Miller-Ray phenomenon. Author Ed Hulse has seen all surviving footage from their chapter plays, and his account also relies on private correspondence from Frank Leon Smith, several interviews with Spencer Bennet, and careful analysis of surviving scripts from their serials. The text is supplemented by dozens of rare photos, including rare behind-the-scenes candids.

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