Queen of the Northwoods is a film serial

Serial (film)

Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...

 produced in 1929

1929 in film

-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....

 by Pathé

Pathé

Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.-History:...

, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Spencer Gordon Bennet was an American film producer and director. Known as the "King of Serial Directors", he directed more film serials than any other director.-Biography:...

 and Thomas Storey, with a story by George Arthur Gray. Known cast members were Walter Miller

Walter Miller (actor)

Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48...

, Ethlyne Clair

Ethlyne Clair

Ethlyne Clair was an American actress. She was a native of Talladega, Alabama. She appeared mostly in silent film, including several Westerns where she played the love interest to Hoot Gibson. She was succeeded by Derelys Perdue in the Newlyweds film series, in which she appeared in 1927 and 1928...

 and Frank Lackteen

Frank Lackteen

Frank Lackteen was a Lebanese-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon and died in Los Angeles, California...

. This serial was silent, had ten episodes and is believed to still exist, although it might be incomplete (missing a few episodes). The plot revolved around a mysterious masked villain known as the Wolf Devil trying to drive non-native settlers out of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. Walter Miller plays a Canadian mountie.

Cast

• Walter Miller
  Walter Miller (actor)
  Walter Miller was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 248 films between 1911 and 1940.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack, aged 48...
  
   - Inspector Steele
• Ethlyne Clair
  Ethlyne Clair
  Ethlyne Clair was an American actress. She was a native of Talladega, Alabama. She appeared mostly in silent film, including several Westerns where she played the love interest to Hoot Gibson. She was succeeded by Derelys Perdue in the Newlyweds film series, in which she appeared in 1927 and 1928...
  
   - Miss Moreau
• Tom London
  Tom London
  Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood...
  
   - Garvin / The Wolf-Devil
• Frank Lackteen
  Frank Lackteen
  Frank Lackteen was a Lebanese-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon and died in Los Angeles, California...
  
   - Jacques De Brun
• Edward Cecil - Fergus
• George Magrill
  George Magrill
  George Magrill , was an American film actor. He appeared in 326 films between 1923 and 1952.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, was married to Ramona Oliver, and had a daughter named Marilynn...
  
   - Sergeant Bolt
• Nelson McDowell
  Nelson McDowell
  Nelson McDowell was an American actor. He appeared in 176 films between 1917 and 1945.He was born in Greenville, Missouri and died in Hollywood, California after he shot himself.- Selected filmography :...
  
  - Flapjack
• Jean Diamond - Moon River Lady
• Arthur Taylor
• Fred Burns
• Arthur Dewey

The Wolf Devil

The villain of the serial is one of film's first werewolves (in the traditional sense of a man masquerading and acting like a wolf rather than the now more common film wolfman). This villain, The Wolf Devil, wears a wolf skin headdress that completely covers his face. The supernatural atmosphere is enhanced by his apparent ability to control a pack of wolves.