The Crimson Stain Mystery
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 16 chapters / 32 reels
Directed by T. Hayes Hunter
Cast: Maurice Costello [Harold Stanley], Ethel Grandin [Florence Montrose], Thomas J. McGrane [Doctor Burton Montrose], Eugene Strong [Robert Clayton], John Milton [Detective Layton Parrish], Olga Olonova [Vanya Tosca], William Cavanaugh [the doctor’s assistant], N.J. Thompson [Jim Tanner], Lorna Volare [the little girl]
Erbograph Company production; distributed by The Consolidated Film Corporation through Metro Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Otto E. Goebel, from a screen story by Albert Payson Terhune. Cinematography by Ludwig G.B. Erb. Presented by The Consolidated Film Corporation. / 16 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Brand of Satan,” released 21 August 1916; [2] “In the Demon’s Spell,” released 28 August 1916; [3] “The Broken Spell,” released 4 September 1916; [4] “The Mysterious Disappearance,” released 11 September 1916; [5] “The Figure in Black,” released 18 September 1916; [6] “The Phantom Image,” released 25 September 1916; [7] “The Devil’s Symphony,” released 2 October 1916; [8] “In the Shadow of Death,” released 9 October 1916; [9] “The Haunting Spectre,” released 16 October 1916; [10] “The Infernal Fiend,” released 23 October 1916; [11] “The Tortured Soul,” released 30 October 1916; [12] “The Restless Spirit,” released 6 November 1916; [13] “Despoiling Brutes,” released 13 November 1916; [14] “The Bloodhound,” released 20 November 1916, © 20 November 1916 by Consolidated Film Corporation [LP9665]; [15] “The Human Tiger,” released 27 November 1916; [16] “The Unmasking,” released 4 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dawson City recovery film numbers 381 (chapter 14, reel) and 440 (chapter 14, reel 2).
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library and Archives Canada, Visual and Sound Archives film archive (Dawson City collection) [chapters 4, 8, 12 and 14, 35mm nitrate positives]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [fragmentary 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (chapter 14, 1657 feet, [reel 1] duplicated 1979, FPB 1953, [reel 2] duplicated 1983, FPB 1954), fragmentary 35mm fine-grain reference positive (chapter 14, 1657 feet, [reel 1] struck 1979, FEB 8309, [reel 2] duplicated 1983, FEB 8310), and [chapters 2-12, 15, 35mm positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Serials
Listing updated: 26 January 2015.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 168, 284; Slide-Aspects pp. 33, 35; Stedman-Serials pp. 37, 48 : Website-IMDb; Website-LoC; Website-SerSq : with additional information provided by Robert Youhouse.
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