{{short description|1919 film}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Lightning Bryce | image = Lightning Bryce.jpg | caption = Poster advertising episode four, "The Noose" | director = Paul Hurst | producer = | writer = Joe Brandt<br />Harvey Gates | starring = Ann Little<br />Jack Hoxie | cinematography = | studio = National Film Corporation of America | distributor = Arrow Film Corporation | released = {{film date|1919|10|15|to|1920|1|21}} | runtime = 320 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grapevinevideo.com/lightning_bryce.html|title=Lightning Bryce (1919)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2016|website=Grapevine Video|publisher=grapevinevideo.com|access-date=May 18, 2016|quote=}}</ref> | country = United States | language = Silent<br />English intertitles | budget = | gross = }} [[File:Lightning Bryce (1919) - Ad 2.jpg|thumb|Advertisement from ''Motion Picture News'']] thumb|Advertisement from ''Motion Picture News'' [[File:"Lightning Bryce" Jill Woodward and Steve Clemente.jpg|thumb|Lobby card - Episode Ten, "Poison Waters" (1919). Jill Woodward as "the Mystery Woman" and Steve Clemente as Zambleau]] '''''Lightning Bryce''''' is a 1919-1920 American Western film serial directed by Paul Hurst and starring Ann Little and Jack Hoxie (his first starring role). In all, 15 episodes were produced; all episodes survive today and are in the public domain.
==Cast== * Ann Little as Kate Arnold * Jack Hoxie as Sky "Lightning" Bryce * Paul Hurst as Powder Solvang * Jill Woodward as the Mystery Woman * Steve Clemente as Zambleau * Scout as Lightning's horse
===Uncredited=== * Yakima Canutt as the Deputy (episode 15) * George Champion as a henchman * Ben Corbett as a henchman * Edna Holland as Daisy Bliss * George Hunter as a henchman * Noble Johnson as Dopey Sam's henchman/Arnold's butler * Slim Lucas as a henchman * Augustina López as Mother Lopez * Walter Patterson as a henchman
==Episode list== # "The Scarlet Moon" - October 15, 1919 # "Wolf Nights" - October 22, 1919 # "Perilous Trails" - October 29, 1919 # "The Noose" - November 5, 1919 # "The Dragon's Den" - November 12, 1919 # "Robes of Destruction" - November 19, 1919 # "Bared Fangs" - November 26, 1919 # "The Yawning Abyss" - December 3, 1919 # "The Voice of Conscience" - December 10, 1919 # "Poison Waters" - December 17, 1919 # "Walls of Flame" - December 24, 1919 # "A Voice from the Dead" - December 31, 1919 # "Battling Barriers" - January 7, 1920 # "Smothering Tides" - January 14, 1920 # "The End of the Trail" - January 21, 1920
==Reception== A reviewer for ''Motion Picture News'' noted the outdoor shots, writing, "a wide variety of scenery is used as a background, much of it being really beautiful.", and continued, "Suspense is nicely maintained at the close of each episode and there are plenty of stunts pulled which are noteworthy. In these Hoxie is not alone, being ably assisted by Miss Little."<ref>{{cite journal|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Special Service Section on Hoxie and Little in "Lightning Bryce"|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew20moti_4#page/3752/mode/2up|journal=Motion Picture News|location=New York|publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc.|date=November 22, 1919|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> A critic for ''Exhibitors Herald'' wrote, "This serial has received more favorable comments than any serial that has been run for some time. Children will like it."<ref>{{cite journal|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=What the Picture Did for Me|url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald11exhi_1#page/n125/mode/2up |journal=Exhibitors Herald|location=Chicago|publisher=Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations|date=October 2, 1920|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Lightning Bryce}} *{{IMDb title|0010356}}
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