The Master Mystery
1918 American film
- November 18, 1918 (1918-11-18)
The Master Mystery is a 1918 American mystery silent serial film told in 15 installments. The film was directed by Harry Grossman and Burton L. King and written by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles Logue. The film stars Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Ruth Stonehouse, Edna Britton, William Pike, and Charles Graham. Episode 1 was released on November 18, 1918, by Octagon Films.[1][2] It is one of the first films to feature a powered exoskeleton.
Plot
Justice Department agent Quentin Locke is investigating a powerful cartel that is protected by The Automaton, a robot. However, it uses a gas weapon known as The Madagascan Madness.
Cast
- Harry Houdini as Quentin Locke
- Marguerite Marsh as Eva Brent
- Ruth Stonehouse as Zita Dane
- Edna Britton as De Luxe Dora
- William Pike as Paul Balcom
- Charles Graham as Herbert Balcom
- Floyd Buckley as Q the Automaton
- Jack Burns as Peter Brent
Episodes
- Living Death
- The Iron Terror
- The Water Peril
- The Test
- The Chemist’s Shop
- The Mad Genius
- Barbed Wire
- The Challenge
- The Madagascan Madness
- The Binding Ring
- The Net
- The Death Noose
- The Flash of Death
- The Tangled Web
- Bound at Last; or, Unmasking of the Automaton
References
- ^ Hans J. Wollstein (2016). "The-Master-Mystery - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Silent Era : Home Video : The Master Mystery (1918-1919) Review". silentera.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Master Mystery.
- The Master Mystery at IMDb
The Master Mystery public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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