Earl McCarthy

A phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it. (imdb)

Greedy, Unscrupulous Rudolph learns that Belinda has just inherited $10,000, and he decides to steal it from her. He and his henchmen arrive at her house just as the money is being delivered. Meanwhile, Hairbreadth Harry observes the whole scene, and he hides the money for Belinda. But while Rudolph keeps Harry and Belinda occupied, his henchmen are already going about the job of stealing the money. (imdb)

An aspiring writer chases after a pair of crooks when her handbag is taken.

In the first of eleven screen comedies based on C.W. Kahles' comic strip, Earl McCarthy is Hairbreadth Harry, forever tasked with rescuing Beautiful Belinda (Charlotte Merriam) from peril. She's introduced as being "so warm-hearted she had to wear asbestos lingerie," and proves it by kicking up a flapper storm in the middle of a public park. This revelry is short-lived however, as the lady is soon held hostage for her father's "secret formula" by Relentless Rudolph (John J. Richardson) and his h

Earl McCarthy is back as C.W. Kahles' comic-strip hero Hairbreadth Harry. This time his sweetie Beautiful Belinda (Erin La Rue) is an "up-to-date sports model" kidnapped by Relentless Rudolph (John J. Richardson), who's "not just a bad apple, he was the whole orchard." When she refuses to sign over her gold mine, she's threatened with a "free bath" in boiling oil, being crushed by a giant papier-mâché boulder dangling from a burning rope and other grim fates.