The Silent Mystery (1918)
While visiting Egypt, Mrs. Graham steals a famous jewel called "The Eye of the World" from a mummy's sarcophagus and returns to the United States, planning to use the gem as collateral for a loan. Kah, the priestess in charge of protecting the tombs of Egyptian nobility, is soon on her trail , determined to retrieve the gem. Mrs. Graham's lovely daughter, Betty, agrees to marry a suitor for money to prop up her father's failing business. When the bridegroom is murdered on the couple's wedding night, and the body disappears, Phil Kelly decides to lend a hand in solving the crimes.
- Date of release
- 1918-11-01
- Runtime
- 4h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Director
- Francis Ford
Casting
- Francis Ford — Phil Kelly
- Mae Gaston — Betty Graham
- Rosemary Theby — Priestess Kah
- Philip Ford — Chick
- Jerome Ash — Van Berg
- Elsie Van Name — Mrs. John Graham
- Olive Valerie
- Hap Ward
- Peter Gerald
- Lionel Bradshaw
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