The Gray Mask


1915

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 13, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Shubert Film Corp.
Distribution Company
World Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Gray Mask" by Charles Wadsworth Camp in Collier's National Weekly (7 Aug 1915).

Synopsis

Jim Garth, a police inspector, investigates the murder of Joe Kridel, another inspector, who had been tracking the Hennions, a gang of thieves plotting to steal the formula for a dangerous explosive from an old inventor. As Jim uncovers the Hennions' plans to procure the formula and sell it to an agent of an unfriendly foreign power, he encounters Nora, the former lover of Joe, who has sworn revenge for the killing and has ingratiated herself with the Hennions in order to discover the identity of the murderer. Although he assumes Nora is one of the thieves, Jim falls in love with her anyway, but she firmly rejects his advances. Disguised in a grey mask similar to the one worn by one of the gang members, Jim infiltrates the organization and foils the plot. With Joe's murderer in jail, a grateful Nora finally accepts Jim's affection.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 13, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Shubert Film Corp.
Distribution Company
World Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Gray Mask" by Charles Wadsworth Camp in Collier's National Weekly (7 Aug 1915).

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The film also appeared under the title The Grey Mask in some contemporary sources.