The Claw


1918

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 10, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
C. K. Y. Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Select Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Claw by Cynthia Stockley (New York, 1911).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Mary Saurin visits her brother Richard, a British commissioner in the South African veldt, and soon becomes engaged to Major Anthony Kinsella. When the natives revolt, Kinsella's troops all are killed and he is captured, but Maurice Stair returns with the news that it was Kinsella's dying wish that Mary wed Maurice. She does so, but soon learns that Maurice fled the battle in fear and that Kinsella is still alive. Deeply remorseful, Maurice rescues Kinsella but is killed in the process, leaving Mary free to marry Kinsella.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 10, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
C. K. Y. Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Select Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Claw by Cynthia Stockley (New York, 1911).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Universal Pictures produced a film based on the same source in 1927. It was directed by Sidney Olcott and starred Norman Kerry and Claire Windsor. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0911.)