The Master Mystery
AKA {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]

B.A. Rolfe Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Octagon Films, Incorporated. / Produced by B.A. Rolfe. Scenario by Arthur B. Reeve, Charles A. Logue and Harry Houdini. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] released 1 March 1919 (three reels); [15] “Unmasking of the Automaton,” released 1 May 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Acid - Barbed wire - Escapes - Poison - Robots - Secret Service - Serials - Strait jackets - Vamps

Listing updated: 6 February 2008.

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.