The Black Box (serial)
The Black Box is a 1915 American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost. The film was written in part by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a popular novelist at the time. The story was published in 1915 as a novel and as a newspaper serial. Both published editions were illustrated by photographic stills taken from the movie serial. In the novel version, about 30 stills from the movie are preserved. These can be seen in the Gutenberg.org version.
Plot
The plot follows enigmatic criminologist Sanford Quest as he solves various crimes around New York City through unique methods.Cast
- Herbert Rawlinson as Sanford Quest
- Ann Little as Lenora MacDougal
- William Worthington as Professor Ashleigh / Lord Ashleigh
- Mark Fenton as Police Officer
- Laura Oakley as Laura, Quest's Assistant
- Frank MacQuarrie as Craig
- Frank Lloyd as Ian MacDouglas
- Helen Wright as Lady Ashleigh
- Beatrice Van as Ashleigh's Daughter
- Hylda Hollis as Mrs. Bruce Reinholdt
- J. Edwin Brown
- Dorothy Brown
- Duke Worne
- Harry Tenbrook as Thug
- 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