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The Great Secret
(1917) American
B&W : Serial / 33 reels
Directed by William Christy Cabanne

Cast: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Belle Bruce, Fred R. Stanton, Tom Blake, Sue Balfour, Charles Ripley, Ed Connelly, Helen Dunbar, Art Ortego, Charles Fang, Tammany Young, Dorothy Haydel, W.J. Butler

Serial Producing Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Produced by [?] Louis B. Mayer? Scenario by Fred de Gresac. / 18 episodes (two reels each): [1] released 8 January 1917 (three reels); [5] “The Acid Bath,” released 7 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Mayer’s first film production. Incorrectly listed in Stedman-Serials p. 37 and Eames-MGM p. 19 as released 1916.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 7 March 2007.

References: Braff-Short n. 75; Carroll-Matinee p. 23; Eames-MGM p. 19; Fell-History p. 89-90; Lahue-Continued pp. 55-56, 285; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 41; Lahue-Triangle pp. 92, 122; Stedman-Serials pp. 37, 47 : Website-SerSq.

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