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Unexpected Places
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by E. Mason Hopper

Cast: Bert Lytell [Dick Holloway], Rhea Mitchell [Ruth Penfield], Rosemary Theby [‘Cherie’], Colin Kenny [Lord Harold Varden], Louis Morrison [Hiram Penfield], Edythe Chapman [Mrs. Penfield], John Burton [Jocelyn], Stanton Heck [Brauer], Jay Dwiggins [Meyer], Frank Newberry, Martin Best

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Albert Shelby Le Vino and George D. Baker, from the novelette Unexpected Places by Lieutenant Frank R. Adams. Production management by George D. Baker. Cinematography by Robert B. Kurrle. / © 26 September 1918 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP12916]. Released 30 September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama: Espionage.

Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 5 October 1918, page ?] The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick Holloway, a reporter, detailed to the story, calls on Lord Varden just as the latter feels the effects of poison administered to him. He takes the place of the nobleman when his American cousins come for him, and not only saves his lordship’s papers, but captures the spies detailed to get them.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Chases - Crime: Kidnapping, Murder (Poisoning) - Criminals: Kidnappers, Murderers - Death: Murder - Domestics: Valets - Espionage: Spies - Germans - Newspapers: Reporters - Police - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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