WOLVES OF KULTUR (1919). Sepiatoned.

WOLVES OF KULTURE is a 1918 adventure film serial directed by Joseph A. Golden. It was Charles Hutchison's first serial and though he was the second lead, the film made him a star. Originally 15 chapters, it survives today only in an edited 7 chapter version, cut to showcase Hutchison's stunt work. The story has a war preparedness theme as an unnamed foreign power threatens America's security.

Cast
Leah Baird as Alice Grayson
Charles Hutchison as Bob Moore
Sheldon Lewis
Betty Howe as Helen Moore
Mary Hull as Marie Zaremba
Edmund D'Alby as Mario Zaremba
Austin Webb as Henry Hartman
William Cavanaugh
Fredrick Arthur
Karl Dane
Edwin Denison
Chapter Titles
The Torture Trap
The Iron Chair
Trapping the Traitors
The Ride to Death
Through the Flames
Trails of Treachery
The Leap of Despair
In the Hands of the Hun
The Precipice of Death
When Woman Wars
Betwixt Heaven and Earth
The Tower of Tears
The Hun's Hell Trap
The Code of Hate
The Reward of Patriotism

This was a late entry among preparedness serials by being release in October 1918, just before the Armistice on November 11. Nevertheless, it was a success, then and now. Charles Hutchison and Leah Baird, as the lovers involved in an international plot to develop a secret weapon, are amazing in this film. They do their own stunts, such as canoeing through wild rapids, jumping off a lighthouse, and climbing the sides of buildings. The stunts alone make this worth watching; no doubles, no CGI, just the two leads doing incredibly dangerous work.