The Phantom Athlete
About The Phantom Athlete
Jenny is bored with her mild fiancé and follows newspaper stories of a masked, bare-chested wrestler called the Phantom Athlete. Her father gives her a valuable jewel. Criminals come after it. Each time, the masked athlete pulls her out. He is the fiancé.
Cast & crew
More about The Phantom Athlete
Raimondo Scotti directed. Renée Deliot, then married to the star, wrote it. Mario Guaita-Ausonia plays both the mild man and the masked athlete. Elsa Zara plays Jenny. IMDb lists 85 minutes. An Italian release date of 1919 is all the records used here agree on. One later account names the jewel as a breast-plate and ties it to the Urim and Thummim. The IMDb summary says only a valuable jewel.
Themes
Making
Scotti strings the rescues like a serial, without chapter breaks.
Notes
- Guaita-Ausonia had already starred as Spartacus in 1913.
- Deliot and the actor were married when she wrote the script.
- Dino Bonaiuti and Gaetano Rossi are named in later cast notes. Most of the other billing is missing.
- The mask and the bare chest are the whole disguise.
Scenes
- Jenny reads about the Phantom Athlete and wants that life.
- The masked man saves her from the gang after the jewel.