X-RAYS (1897) see The X-Ray Fiend

THE YELLOW FACE (1921/Stoll) 2 reels. BW. Silent. UK.
Credits: Dir. & Prod: Maurice Elvey; Sc: William J. Elliott; Ph: Germain Burger.
From the story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Cast: Ellie Norwood, Hubert Willis, Clifford Heatherley, Norma Whalley, L. Allen.
In a cottage, Holmes, (Norwood), is mystified by the appearance of a strange creature with a yellow face.
An entry in the British "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" series.

YELLOW MENACE (1916/Serial Film Co. Inc.) Serial. 16 Chapters. BW. Silent. US.
Credits: Dir: William Steiner; Sc: Aubrey M. Kennedy.
Cast: Edwin Stevens, Eric Mayne, Armand Cortes, David Wall, Gerald Griffith, Florence Malone, Marie Treador, Tina Marshall, Margaret Gale.
Features hypnotism, an odour that causes a tarantula to kill, a magic crystal, an explosive formula and a blinding ray.

YELLOW PERIL (1900) see Chinese Magic

YELLOW PHANTOM (1936) see Shadow of Chinatown

DER YOGHI (1916/Wegener) BW. Silent. Germany. Aka: THE YOGI.
Credits: Paul Wegener.
Cast: Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmanova.
An Indian mystic, (Wegener), becomes invisible to frighten a youthful inventor, (Wegener).
A critic stated: "the scenes in which the Yoghi makes himself invisible, and then torments the other are packed with tricks which we have known for a long time. We only find them now in advertising films..."

YOUNG DIANA (1922/Cosmopolitan/Paramount) 7 reels. BW. Silent. US.
Credits: Dir: Albert Capellani & Robert G. Vignola; Sc: Luther Reed; Ph: Harold Wenstrom; Art: Joseph Urban. From the novel "The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future, a Romance" by Marie Corelli.
Cast: Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Gypsy O'Brien, Maclyn Arbuckle, Pedro de Cordoba.
Embittered spinster Diana May restores her youth with an elixir administered by Dr. Dimitrius, (Cordoba).
Made in the wake of the success of A Blind Bargain and the interest in the Voronoff theories of prolonging life by transplanting animal glands into humans.

ZAMBO THE APE MAN (1937/Bhavnani) 157mins. BW. India.
Aka: SHER-E-JUNGLE.
Credits: Dir., Prod. & Sc: M. Bhavnani; Ph: R.M. Master; Mus: Pandit Badriprasad.
From a story by S.B. Nayampally.
Cast: S.B. Nayampally, Sarla, Fatty Prasad, Navin Yajnik, Indria Wadker, Ghulam Qadir, Mehru the gorilla.
A scientist transforms an ape-like monster into a man who begins to behave like Tarzan.
Sequel: Son of Zambo (1938).

ZANDORI'S SECRET (1914/Eclair) 3 reels. BW. Silent. France.
Cast: Renee Sylvaine.
A serum is discovered as a cure for insanity.

ZEPPELIN ATTACK ON NEW YORK (1917/Rothacker/Mutual) 660 feet. Silent. US.
The Kaiser's fleet of zeppelins attack New York.

ZINGARO (1935/Krishna Tone) BW. India.
Cast: Gulab, Puspa, Johra.
A man is transformed into a powerful monster.

ZINGO AND THE WHITE ELEPHANTS (1913/Ambrosio) BW. Silent. Italy.
From "The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Farandoul" by B.A. Robida.
Hirsute caveman Zingo is taken from the jungle and brought to civilisation.
A series of four 3 reel films were made featuring the caveman, ZINGO IN AFRICA, ZINGO SON OF THE SEA and ZINGO'S WAR IN THE CLOUDS.

ZUDORA (1914-1915/Thanhouser) Serial. 20 Chapters. BW. Silent. US.
Aka: ZUDORA IN THE TWENTY MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY.
Credits: Dir: Frederick R. Sullivan & Howell Hansel; Prod: Lloyd F. Lonergran; Sc: Daniel Carson Goodman, F.W. Doughty & Howell Hansel.
Cast: Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Harry Benham, Elizabeth Forbes, Sidney Bracey.
A man's perpetual glare is capable of starting fires from a range of several miles.
Also features magic and a Hindu mystic.
In 1919 this was released as a 10 Chapter serial under the title THE DEMON SHADOW.

ZUDORA IN THE TWENTY MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (1914-1915) see Zudora