''The Black Box'' is a 1915 American

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Otis Turner Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1917, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles ...

. This serial is considered to be

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. The film was written in part by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a very popular novelist at the time. The story was also 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.Gutenberg.org e-book
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Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born 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 f ...

as Sanford Quest * Ann Little as Lenora MacDougal (credited as Anna Little) * William Worthington as Prof. Ashleigh / Lord Ashleigh *

Mark Fenton Mark Fenton (November 11, 1866 – July 29, 1925) was an American stage performer and motion-picture character actor who appeared in at least 80 films between 1914 and 1925. Fenton had considerable experience performing on stage prior to ...

as Police officer *

Laura Oakley Laura Oakley (July 10, 1879 January 30, 1957) was an American silent film actress. Biography Born in Oakland, California, on July 10, 1879, Oakley was signed in 1912 by the Keystone Film Company and starred in about 50 films before her retirem ...

as Laura, Quest's assistant *

Frank MacQuarrie Frank MacQuarrie (January 27, 1875 in San Francisco – December 25, 1950 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actor. He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie, George MacQuarrie and Murdock MacQuarrie. Filmography * '' The Black ...

as Craig *

Frank Lloyd Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its preside ...

as Ian MacDouglas * Helen Wright as Lady Ashleigh *

Beatrice Van Beatrice Van (born Beatrice Abbott; August 8, 1890 – July 4, 1983) was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films. Biography Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Neb ...

as Ashleigh's daughter * Hylda Hollis as Mrs. Bruce Reinholdt (credited as Hilda Sloman) * J. Edwin Brown * Dorothy Brown *

Duke Worne Howard "Duke" Worne (December 14, 1888 – October 13, 1933) was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed more than 70 films between 1919 and 1931. He also appeared in 27 films between 1914 and 1928. He was born in Phi ...

Harry Tenbrook Harry Tenbrook (born Henry Olaf Hansen, October 9, 1887 – September 4, 1960) was an American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. His family migrated to the United States in 1892. Under the stage nam ...

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

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* *Oppenheim, Edward Phillips (1915),
The Black Box
', New York: Grosset & Dunlap, with stills from the 1915 film serial, on the Internet Archive 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films American black-and-white films American silent serial films Silent American drama films Lost American films Lost drama films Films directed by Otis Turner Universal Pictures film serials 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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