DAUGHTERS OF DARING SERIES
EPISODES

1 THE HEIRESS EMPERILED
Featuring: Mary Fuller / Pearl White / Ruth Roland / Marguerite Courtot

The movie serial begins with stories of women taking action to protect themselves from adversity, often from villains who would steal their fortunes, in the days before women in the United States could even vote. Pearl White and others brought a sense of humor and great stunt work to the cinema in these serials in which women fought for their identities in a man’s world. Includes scenes from: Includes scenes and episodes from:

WHAT HAPPENED TO MARY — BOUND AND GAGGED
THE VENTURES OF MARGUERITE — THE HOUSE OF HATE
THE PERILS OF PAULINE — THE NEGLECTED WIFE

2 PERILS OF THE RAIL
Helen Holmes / Helen Gibson / Edith Johnson

Helen Holmes takes the lead as a fearless and resourceful woman of action who foils railroad bandits time and time again with her ingenuity. And rescues herself when left tied on a railroad track. Includes scenes from:

Includes scenes and episodes from:
THE HAZARDS OF HELEN — THE GIRL AND THE GAME
THE RAILROAD RAIDERS — THE LOST EXPRESS
A DAUGHTER OF DARING — THE FAST EXPRESS

3 WOMEN OF MYSTERY
Mollie King / Jean Sothern / Ruth Roland / Arline Pretty

Women become entwined in stories of murder, mystery and the supernatural, the forerunners of films and television programs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Includes a reconstruction of The Mysteries of Myra, the first series to introduce paranormal investigation to audiences and scenes from:

Includes scenes and episodes from:
MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS — ZUDORA
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA — THE MYSTERY MIND
A WOMAN IN GREY — THE VOICE ON THE WIRE
THE TREY O’HEARTS — THE RED CIRCLE
THE GODDESS — HAUNTED VALLEY

4 CRIME-FIGHTERS
Ruth Roland / Pearl White / Grace Darling / Adrian Booth

Female detectives and reporters who presaged the appearances of characters such as Nancy Drew and Lois Lane. After her success in The Perils of Pauline, Pearl White moved on the the phenomenally successful and long-running “Elaine” series, in which she was confronted by increasingly-more-powerful villain characters, who she battled with the assistance of Creighton Hale and Craig Kennedy, scientific detective.

Includes scenes and episodes from:
EXPLOITS OF ELAINE — THE GRIP OF EVIL
WHO PAYS? — THE SEVEN PEARLS
BEATRICE FAIRFAX — DAUGHTER OF DON Q
BRENDA STARR, REPORTER

5 TRAPPED IN THE UNDERWORLD
Marguerite Courtot / Pearl White / Grace Darmond

The perceived threat from the “East” was embodied by underworld characters including Warner Oland’s Wu Fang, and other pulp-horror-style villains continued to beleaguer cliffhanger heroes and heroines even up until World War II in serials such as BATMAN.

Includes scenes and episodes from:
UNDER THE CRESCENT — THE LIGHTNING RAIDER
TRAIL OF THE OCTOPUS — HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY
BATMAN — THE EVIL EYE

6 SUPER-VILLAINS
Juanita Hansen / Neva Gerber / Grace Cunard / Adrian Booth

Female serial stars fought against fiendish, eerie and often visually terrifying super-menaces happy who tried to force them into death-traps. The Hooded Terror, Pearl White’s adversary in The House of Hate, was the most terrifying of all. In response to the appearance of super-villains in serials, some ladies stepped up to the plate with costumes and alternate identities of their own: Grace Cunard as the Purple Mask and Pearl White as the Lightning Raider were both master thieves.

Includes scenes and episodes from:
THE HOUSE OF HATE — THE IRON CLAW
THE PHANTOM FOE — THE SCREAMING SHADOW
THE LIGHTNING RAIDER — THE PURPLE MASK
THE HIDDEN HAND — THE MYSTERY SHIP
PERILS OF NYOKA

7 JUNGLE & EXOTIC ACTION HEROINES
Juanita Hansen / Kay Aldridge / Linda Stirling / Irish McCalla

Freeing themselves from roles imposed upon them, independent women asserted themselves in cliffhanging adventures which took them on adventures all over the globe, to India and Africa where some found themselves to be rulers of lost kingdoms. Includes scenes and episodes from:

ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN — JUNGLE PRINCESS
JUNGLE GODDESS — PERILS OF NYOKA
SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE — THE SECRET KINGDOM
XENA, WARRIOR PRINCESS

8 WESTERN HEROINES
Marie Walcamp / Ann Little / Ethlyne Clair / Ruth Stonehouse

Heroines battled “The Terror,” and his ape-creature, and the bizarre animal-headed “Wolf Devil,” searched for buried treasure and fought for gold in Canada and the Arctic and dangerous adversaries in the West. In the epic and violent pre-censorship MASKED RIDER serial four women of different ages all rode horses, carried guns, and participated in the action. One of them was pioneering female film director Ruth Stonehouse. THE MASKED RIDER was the first major costumed action hero in a film bearing her character’s name, and a strong influence on Zorro.

Includes scenes and episodes from:
THE BLUE FOX — THE RED ACE
QUEEN OF THE NORTHWOODS — LIBERTY
THE SANTA FE TRAIL — THE TIGER’S TRAIL
HANDS UP — AMERICAN GIRL
FIGHTING TRAIL — ZORRO’S BLACK WHIP
LAST OF THE MOHICANS — THE MASKED RIDER — EL COYOTE

9 SOLDIERS and SUPER-HEROINES
Pearl White / Irene Castle / Lynda Carter / Gal Gadot / Melissa Benoist / Sasha Calle

In 1916 Pearl White dons an army uniform to fight foreign spies. Irene Castle followed, doing the same and defending a munitions factory in Patria, a “what if” story in which a Japanese spy with a small army invades New York state. Pearl White’s “wartime” settings bore a strong resemblance to those of 2018’s Wonder Woman. And TV’s Wonder Woman’s first season, set in WWII.

Includes scenes and episodes from:
PEARL OF THE ARMY — PATRIA — ON GUARD
DAUGHTER OF THE USA — THE EAGLE’S EYE
THE BLACK SECRET — WOLVES OF KULTUR
ISIS — WONDER WOMAN — THE BIONIC WOMAN
SUPERGIRL