The Purple Cipher
1920 silent film
- October 11, 1920 (1920-10-11)
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The Purple Cipher is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story The Purple Hieroglyph by Murray Leinster.[1] The story was adapted twice more in the sound era as Murder Will Out (1930) and Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939).
Plot
Cast
- Earle Williams as Leonard Staunton
- Vola Vale as Jeanne Baldwin
- Ernest Shields as Jack Baldwin
- Allan Forrest as Alan Fitzhugh
- Henry A. Barrows as Frank Condon
- Goro Kino as Hop Lee
- Frank M. Seki as Wong Foo
References
- ^ Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans p.41
Bibliography
- Billee J. Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans. Murray Leinster: The Life and Works. McFarland, 2011.
External links
- The Purple Cipher at IMDb
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Films directed by Chester Bennett
- When a Man Loves (1919)
- A Master Stroke (1920)
- Captain Swift (1920)
- The Purple Cipher (1920)
- The Romance Promoters (1920)
- Diamonds Adrift (1921)
- Three Sevens (1921)
- The Secret of the Hills (1921)
- Belle of Alaska (1922)
- Colleen of the Pines (1922)
- The Snowshoe Trail (1922)
- Thelma (1922)
- Divorce (1923)
- The Painted Lady (1924)
- The Lullaby (1924)
- The Ancient Mariner (1925)
- Champion of Lost Causes (1925)
- Honesty – The Best Policy (1926)
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