The Quest of the Sacred Jewel
Cast & Crew
George Fitzmaurice
Charles Arling
Edna Mayo
William Rosell
Ernest Truex
William H. Edmond
Film Details
Synopsis
David Harding, while visiting a sacred temple in Barrnipore, becomes fascinated with a priceless diamond set in the forehead of a stone god. He steals the diamond and escapes to America, but he is followed by Hindu priests who observed his theft. In New York Harding is killed by the priests, but they do not find the diamond. Harding leaves his fortune to May Rowland, his niece, who soon thereafter gives a party to celebrate her engagement to Joe Marsden. During the party, Joe is hypnotized by a Hindu priest disguised as an entertainer and after the guests leave, Joe is instructed to steal the jewel. May sees Joe take the jewel and calls off her engagement, but the case is eventually solved by a famous detective and his antic-prone office boy. The Hindus return the diamond to the temple and May and Joe are happily reunited.
Director
George Fitzmaurice
Cast
Charles Arling
Edna Mayo
William Rosell
Ernest Truex
Film Details
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Notes
Although no literary source was credited for this film, the plot closely follows the novel The Moonstone, published in London in 1868, by Wilkie Collins. Another version of the novel was released by World Film Corp. under the title The Moonstone. Some reviews called the film The Quest for the Sacred Gem.
