| Description |
3 videodiscs (DVD) (450 min.) : sound, color tinted and black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
DVD 1: The master mystery (1919 ; color tinted ; 238 min.) / produced for video by Bret Wood ; produced by B.A. Rolfe ; screenplay by Arthur B. Reeve and Charles Logue ; directed by Burton L. King -- DVD 2: Terror Island (1920 ; b&w ; 55 min.) / a Paramount-Artcraft release ; written by Arthur B. Reeve & John Grey ; directed by James Cruze -- The man from beyond (1922 ; color tinted ; 68 min.) / Houdini Picture Corporation ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & produced by Harry Houdini ; directed by Burton L. King -- The master mystery (Contains the conclusion of episodes 13-15, continued from DVD 1) -- DVD 3: The grim game (fragment ; 1919 ; color tinted ; 5 min.) / Licensed by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department ; written by Arthur B. Reeve and John Grey ; directed by Irving Willat -- Haldane of the Secret Service (1923 ; color tinted ; 84 min.) / Houdini Picture Corporation ; licensed by Cinema Arts ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & directed by Harry Houdini |
| Summary |
The master mystery: Quentin Locke infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbared wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound in an elaborate Oriental torture chamber |
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Terror Island: A swashbuckling inventor steers his high-tech submarine to a forbidden tropical isle to rescue the father of the woman he loves |
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The man from beyond: Howard Hillary is a man frozen in the Arctic. He returns to civilization 100 years later to reclaim the love of his live, reincarnated in the body of a young woman |
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Haldane of the Secret Service: Heath Haldane is an undercover operative assigned to infiltrate a band of counterfeiters within the dark alleys of New York's Chinatown |
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The grim game: Cameras captured an unplanned incident: two planes colliding in mid-air. The footage was so spectacular that the script was revised to integrate it into the plot |
| Notes |
Title from container |
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Special features: DVD 1: An examination of scenes deleted by the New York Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 2: Correspondence with the NY Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 3: Filmed records of Houdini escapes (1907-ca. 1923); the illusion "Metamorphosis," performed by Houdini's brother Hardeen; 1914 audio recording of Houdini introducing his "Water Torture Cell;" "Slippery Jim:" 1910 comedy short inspired by Houdini; image gallery; new film notes |
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Portions of The master mystery no longer survive. This edition runs almost four hours, and bridges the missing passages with explanatory text |
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The master mystery originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Terror Island originally released as a motion picture in 1920 ; The man from beyond originally released as a motion picture in 1922 ; The grim game originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Haldane of the Secret Service originally released as a motion picture in 1923 |
| Credits |
The master mystery: Original music, Stuart Oderman ; music composers and performers, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model, Stuart Oderman, Clark Wilson |
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Terror Island: Photographer, William Marshall ; original music composer and performer, Clark Wilson |
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Haldane of the Secret Service: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model |
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The man from beyond: Original music composer and performer, Jon C. Mirsalis |
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The grim game: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model |
| Performer |
The master mystery cast: Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Jack Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Charles Graham |
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Terror Island cast: Harry Houdini, Lila Lee, Jack Brammall, Eugene Pallette |
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The man from beyond cast: Harry Houdini, Nita Naldi, Jane Connelly |
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The grim game cast: Harry Houdini, Ann Forrest |
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Haldane of the Secret Service cast: Harry Houdini, Gladys Leslie, William Humphrey |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Silent films with musical score |
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Drama.
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Inventors -- United States -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.
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Undercover operations -- United States -- Drama.
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Aircraft accidents -- United States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
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Marsh, Marguerite, 1892-1925.
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Burns, Jack.
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Stonehouse, Ruth, 1893-1941.
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Graham, Charles E., 1897-1943.
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Lee, Lila.
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Brammall, Jack.
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Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954.
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Naldi, Nita, 1895-1961.
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Connelly, Jane, 1883-1925.
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Little, Ann, 1891-1984.
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Leslie, Gladys, 1899-1976.
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Humphrey, William, 1874-1942.
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Oderman, Stuart, 1940-
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Wilson, Clark.
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Mirsalis, Jon C.
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Model, Ben.
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Wood, Bret.
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Rolfe, B. A. (Benjamin A.), 1879-1956.
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Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin), 1880-1936.
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Logue, Charles A.
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King, Burton, 1877-1944.
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Grey, John, 1873-1933.
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Cruze, James, 1884-1942.
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Willat, Irvin, 1890-1976.
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Douris UK.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
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Artcraft Pictures Corporation.
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Houdini Picture Corporation (Firm)
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George Eastman House Motion Picture Department (Firm)
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Cinema Arts (Firm)
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Kino International Corporation.
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