''The Silent Mystery'' is a 1918 American

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directed by Francis Ford. The film is considered to be

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As described in a

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, Phil Kelly (Ford) devotes himself to solving the mystery surrounding the Graham family. Mrs. Graham (Van Name) has stolen a famous oriental jewel from a mummy in Egypt called the Eye of the World. On her return to the United States, she is followed by Priestess Kah (Theby) and her associates, who are determined to recover the jewel. Betty Graham (Gaston) marries for money to help her father though a financial difficulty. The bridegroom has loaned Mrs. Graham money on the jewel and holds it as security. The night of the wedding he is mysteriously murdered and the body disappears. From this point on, anyone who touches or is connected in any way with the jewel comes under the shadow of the silent mystery and suffers accordingly. Phil has many opportunities to rescue Betty from villeins, and after the Priestess meets Phil, she falls in love with him to complicate matters further. She later obtains the aid of a band of Germans to aid her in obtaining the jewel from its robbers.

Cast

* Francis Ford as Phil Kelly * Mae Gaston as Betty Graham *

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as Priestess Kah * Jerome Ash as Van Berg (credited as Jerry Ash) * Philip Ford as Chick (as Phil Ford) * Elsie Van Name as Mrs. John Graham * Olive Valerie (credited as Valeria Olivo) * Hap Ward (credited as Hap H. Ward) * Peter Gerald (credited as Pete Gerald)

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* 1918 films American silent serial films 1918 drama films American black-and-white films Lost American drama films Films directed by Francis Ford Silent American drama films 1918 lost films English-language drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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