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Harry Houdini.
Photograph: Silent Era low-res collection. |
The Master Mystery
Also known as {The Master of Mystery}
(1919) American
B&W : Serial / 31 reels
Directed by Burton King and Harry Grossman
Cast: Houdini (Harry Houdini) [Quentin Locke], Marguerite Marsh [Eva Brent], Ruth Stonehouse [Zita Dane], Edna Britton [‘De Luxe’ Dora], William Pike [Paul Balcom], Charles Graham [Herbert Balcom], Floyd Buckley [Q the automaton], Jack Burns [Peter Brent], Bob Rose [Houdini stunt double]
Octagon Films, Incorporated, production; distributed on State Rights basis by B.A. Rolfe Productions. / Produced by B.A. Rolfe. Scenario by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue + [Harry Houdini]. Cinematography by William A. Reinhart. Presented by B.A. Rolfe. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] “Living Death,” released 1 March 1919 (three reels); [2] “The Iron Terror”; [3] “The Water Peril”; [4] “The Test”; [5] “The Chemist’s Shop”; [6] “The Mad Genius”; [7] “Barbed Wire”; [8] “The Challenge”; [9] “The Madagascan Madness”; [10] “The Binding Ring”; [11] “The Net”; [12] “The Death Noose”; [13] “The Flash of Death”; [14] “The Tangled Web”; [15] “Bound at Last; or, Unmasking of the Automaton,” released 1 May 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.
Drama: Crime.
Survival Status: Incomplete print exists in the Douris UK Limited film holdings.
Keywords: Acid - Barbed wire - Escapes - Patents - Poison - Robots - Secret Service - Serials - Strait jackets - Vamps
Listing updated: 24 August 2009.
References: Bardèche-History p. 113; Lahue-Bound p. 25; Lahue-Continued pp. v, 71-72, 196-197, 286; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 134; Stedman-Serials pp. 53-54 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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