The Black Box (serial)
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The Black Box is a 1915
drama
film serial directed by Otis Turner
. This serial is considered to be lost
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1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film serial directed by Otis Turner
Otis Turner
Otis Turner was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1917, he directed 133 motion pictures and wrote 40 scenarios.He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California....
. This serial is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Herbert RawlinsonHerbert RawlinsonHerbert Rawlinson was an English stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films. Rawlinson died of lung cancer in 1953...
- Sanford Quest - Ann LittleAnn LittleAnn Little was an American film actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the early 1920s.-Life and career:...
- Lenore MacDougal (as Anna Little) - William WorthingtonWilliam Worthington (actor)William Worthington was an American silent film actor and director.-Career:...
- Prof. Ashleigh / Lord Ashleigh - Mark FentonMark FentonMark Fenton was an American actor of the silent era. He had a sturdy theatrical and Broadway career behind him before coming to silent pictures...
- Police officer - Laura OakleyLaura OakleyLaura Oakley was an American silent film actress. She was signed in 1912 and starred in about 50 films before her retirement from film in 1920. She starred with William Garwood in films such as Lord John in New York and The Grey Sisterhood...
- Laura - Frank MacQuarrieFrank MacQuarrieFrank MacQuarrie was an American silent film actor.He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie.-Filmography:* The Lone Hand...
- Craig - Frank LloydFrank LloydFrank Lloyd was a film director, scriptwriter and producer...
- Ian MacDouglas - Helen Wright - Lady Ashleigh / Mrs. Reinholdt
- Beatrice VanBeatrice VanBeatrice Van was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films....
- Ashleigh's daughter - Hylda Hollis - (as Hilda Sloman)
- J. Edwin Brown
- Dorothy Brown
- Duke WorneDuke WorneDuke Worne was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed 74 films between 1919 and 1931...
- Harry TenbrookHarry TenbrookHarry Tenbrook born Henry Olaf Hansen, was a Norwegian-born American film actor. He appeared in some 332 films between 1911 and 1960. A favorite of John Ford, Tenbrook was a prominent member of the John Ford Stock Company...
- Lionel Bradshaw
- Osborne Chase
Chapter titles
- An Apartment House Mystery
- The Hidden Hands
- The Pocket Wireless
- An Old Grudge
- On the Rack
- The Unseen Terror
- The House of Mystery
- The Inherited Sin
- Lost in London
- The Ship of Horror
- A Desert Vengeance
- ’Neath Iron Wheels
- Tongues of Flame
- A Bolt from the Blue
- The Black Box