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Leon Bary (right).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Mystery of
the Double Cross
Also known as Le mystère de la double croix in France; O Mistério da Cruz Dupla and A Menina do Sinal in Portugal : {The Mystery of the Double Cross}
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 15 chapters / 30 reels
Directed by William Parke + [Louis J. Gasnier]
Cast: Mollie King [Philippa Brewster], Leon Bary [Peter Hale], Ralph Stuart [Bridgey Bentley, Philippa’s fiancé], Gladdin James (Gladden James) [Dick Annessley], Robert Broderick [Mr. Brewster, Philippa’s father], Theodore Friebus [Jack Dunn], Harry L. Fraser, Helene Chadwick, Clarine Seymour
Astra Film Corporation production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by B. Millhauser (Bertram Millhauser), from the novel The Double Cross by Gilson Willets. / 15 chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Lady in Number ‘7’,” released 18 March 1917; [2] “The Masked Stranger,” released 25 March 1917; [3] “An Hour to Live,” released 1 April 1917; [4] “Kidnapped,” released 8 April 1917; [5] “The Life Current,” released 15 April 1917; [6] “The Dead Come Back,” released 22 April 1917; [7] “Into Thin Air,” released 29 April 1917; [8] “The Stranger Disposes,” released 6 May 1917; [9] “When Jail Birds Fly,” released 13 May 1917; [10] “The Hole-in-the-Wall,” released 20 May 1917; [11] “Love’s Sacrifice,” released 27 May 1917; [12] “Riddle of the Double Cross,” released 3 June 1917; [13] “The Face of the Stranger,” released 10 June 1917; [14] “The Hidden Brand,” released 17 June 1917; [15] “The Double Cross,” released 24 June 1917, © 16 March 1917 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (Astra Film Corporation, author) [LU10395]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dawson City recovery film number 132.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (AFI/Blackhawk Films collection) [incomplete 35mm duplicate negative (chapter 15, 1712 feet, Australian release version, received 1975, [reel 1] FPB 6356, [reel 2] FPB 6357), incomplete 35mm reference negative (chapter 15, 1712 feet, Australian release version, received 1975, [reel 1] FEA 6419, [reel 2] FEA 6420)], and (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [fragmentary 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (chapter 15, 691 feet, duplicated 1979, FPB 3693), fragmentary 35mm fine-grain reference positive] (chapter 15, 691 feet, struck 1979, FEA 8814)]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Alibis - Animals: Dogs - Binocculars - Clocks: Grandfather, Watches (Pocket) - Communication: Radios, Telegrams (Marconigrams), Telephones - Crime: Murder (Attempted), Theft - Criminals - Deception - Disguises - Domestics: Chauffeurs, Maids - Falls - Immigrants - Lies - Life jackets - Medical: Injuries (Blackeyes) - Planks - Rescues - Restaurants: Waiters - Rooftops - Secret passages - Serials - Ships (Cruise, Submarines): Crew (Captains, Pursers, Sailors) - Street scenes - Tattoos - Tobacco: Cigarettes, Cigars - Tools: Handsaws - Transportation: Automobiles, Taxicabs - Water: Oceans - Weapons: Guns - Wills
Listing updated: 1 May 2020.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Lahue-Bound p. 34; Lahue-Continued pp. 50-51, 179, 287; Limbacher-Feature p. 289; Stedman-Serials p. 47 : Website-IMDb; Website-LoC; Website-SerSq.
Home video: DVD.
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