The Master Mystery (1919)

1919 · Silent film · 6 min · dir. Harry Grossman

a masterly drama of thrilling action and heart-interest each episode flashing with the marvelous feats of the world's most widely reputed entertainer.

• Action
• Mystery

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Synopsis

In this action-packed serial, government agent Quentin Locke infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbed wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound…

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Details

Director

Harry Grossman

Writer

Arthur B. Reeve

Studio

Rolfe Photoplays

Released

1918-11-18

Running time

6 minutes

Cast & crew

• HHarry Grossman Director
• Harry Houdini
• Marguerite Marsh
• Ruth Stonehouse
• EEdna Britton
• WWilliam Pike
• CCharles E. Graham
• Floyd Buckley
• Jack Burns

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