The Phantom's Secret


1917

Film Details

Release Date
May 14, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Picture
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

At the death of Count de Beaulieu, his daughter Jeanne learns that her father had been the arch criminal known as The Phantom. The only other person who knew her father's identity was his lieutenant, Franz Leroux, who now demands that Jeanne marry him in return for his silence. She agrees and they go to America where Jeanne meets an old friend, Jane Elliot. Jeanne confides her secret to Jane, and the two decide to flee to Florida. When en route their train is wrecked and Jane killed, Jeanne, in order to protect herself from her criminal husband, assumes Jane's identity. Posing as Jane, she visits the Marstons and falls in love with Henry Marston. Soon after, Leroux arrives and Jeanne is forced to tell her story. While explanations are in progress, one of Leroux's confederates, whom he had double-crossed, kills the criminal. Henry then forgives Jeanne her deception and together they begin a new life.

Film Details

Release Date
May 14, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Picture
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

The synopsis included in the copyright descriptions originally was titled "The Great Adventure." In this synopsis, the characters played by Mignon Anderson and Mark Fenton were called "Jeanne Duval" and "Count Raoul Duval," respectively.