Item: Nick Carter's New Achievements

Language: en-US

Type of Problem: Design_issue

Extra Details: Based on the following sources ;

• Symposium Crime on the Screen (page 5)
• Ciné Mémoire Epinay

the adventures of Nick Carter released in 1908 and 1909 are part of 3 serials ;

• Nick Carter, le roi des détectives which include "Le Guet-apens", "L'Affaire des bijoux", "Les Faux-monnayeurs", "Les Dévaliseurs de banque", "Les Empreintes" and "Les Bandits en habit noir"
• Les Nouveaux Exploits de Nick Carter also titled "Les Nouvelles Aventures de Nick Carter" which include "Nick Carter en danger", "Le Sosie" and "Une mission périlleuse"
• Les Merveilleux exploits de Nick Carter which include "Le Club des suicidés", "Les Dragées soporifiques" and "Nick Carter acrobate".

This other source :

• Film Perdu
• A Lost Film (this seems to be an English translation of the previous one)

present them a little differently :

• "Le Sosie" and "Une mission périlleuse" would be the same movie
• "Le Club des suicidés" would be the last episode of the second serial
• Le Mystère du lit blanc" would be the last episode of the third serial

I'm more dubious about this version there are nearly 2 years between "Le Club des suicidés" and "Le Mystère du lit blanc".

Another source :

• Cinefania

consider the last 2 serials above + "Le Secret du Moulin" + "Le Mystère du lit blanc" + "Le Colis mystérieux" as one single serial of 9 episodes, but this is dubious as the episodes aren't listed in release order.

This archive of the Cine-Journal from january to July 1909 at page 212 of the archive confirm that the first 2 episodes of the serial are "En danger" and "Le Sosie" and list separately "Une mission périlleuse". This invalidate the last 2 options above and confirm the first one.