The Claws of the Hun | |
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Directed by | Victor Schertzinger |
Screenplay by | Ella Stuart Carson R. Cecil Smith |
Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
Starring | Charles Ray Jane Novak Robert McKim Dorcas Matthews Melbourne MacDowell Mollie McConnell |
Cinematography | Chester A. Lyons |
Production company | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
The Claws of the Hun is a 1918 Americansilentdrama film directed byVictor Schertzinger and written byElla Stuart Carson andR. Cecil Smith. The film starsCharles Ray,Jane Novak,Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews,Melbourne MacDowell, andMollie McConnell. The film was released on June 30, 1918, byParamount Pictures.[1][2]
A propaganda film about a bad agent trying to find the secret formula for an explosive.[3]
Like many American films of the time,The Claws of the Hun was subject to cuts bycity and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 5, scene of man's hand in press, three scenes of man turning press, and shooting the American boy.[4]
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