The Million Dollar Mystery
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Howell Hansell
Sidney Bracey
Marguerite Snow
Florence La Badie
James Cruze
Mitchell Lewis
Film Details
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Synopsis
In his youth, John Hargreaves joins the Black Hundred, a Russian secret service organization, but later he abandons the group, moves to the United States, and earns a fortune. To protect his little daughter Florence, he places her in a boarding school but sends for her when she reaches the age of seventeen. When Hargreaves learns that several Black Hundred agents are after him, he withdraws a million dollars from various banks and prepares to flee. The Russian agents, led by Countess Olga, decide to secure the money, and to this end, they kidnap and threaten Florence. In the end, however, she is saved by newspaper reporter Jim Norton, who helps to round up the gang and reunites Florence with her father.
Director
Howell Hansell
Cast
Sidney Bracey
Marguerite Snow
Florence La Badie
James Cruze
Mitchell Lewis
Frank Farrington
Lila Chester
Irving Cummings
Film Details
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Originally released as a 23-chapter serial in 1914 and 1915, the picture was edited, and re-issued with new titles by the Randolph Film Corp. as a state rights feature in 1918. Some of the 23 episodes were copyrighted in 1914. One review credited Philip Lonergan rather than Lloyd Lonergan with the scenario. The film was remade in 1927 by Trem Carr Productions with James Kirkwood starring and Charles J. Hunt directing. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3622.)
