Reviews from the time suggest this "old dark house" mystery had less humor and more suspense than most, but the film is today considered lost, so it all remains conjecture. Actress Lila Lee went on to star in the 1930 sound remake of The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney. Carl Stockdale, who plays the detective/hero of the film, had a long and varied career, appearing in The Vampire Bat (1933), Mad Love (1935) and Revenge of the Zombies (1936), among many other films.[2]
A black pearl stolen from an Indian idol is reputedly cursed. After Silas Lathrop inherits it, he receives threatening messages and is marked for death. He gathers around him all of the members of his family for the reading of his will. There follows a mystery much in the "old dark house" genre. After several murders, a detective named Bertram Chisholm solves the case.
black, pearl, 1928, film, black, pearl, 1928, american, silent, mystery, film, directed, scott, pembroke, starring, lila, hallor, carl, stockdale, based, 1912, novel, titled, black, pearl, nancy, mann, waddel, woodrow, with, plot, very, similar, that, wilkie, . The Black Pearl is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Lila Lee Ray Hallor and Carl Stockdale It is based on a 1912 novel titled The Black Pearl by Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow with a plot very similar to that of Wilkie Collins 1868 novel The Moonstone Both novels involved a mystery around a jewel stolen from an Indian idol that carries a horrible curse 1 The Black PearlDirected byScott PembrokeWritten byNancy Mann Waddel Woodrow novel Arthur HoerlProduced byTrem CarrStarringLila LeeRay HallorCarl StockdaleCinematographyHap DepewEdited byJ S HarringtonProductioncompanyTrem Carr PicturesDistributed byRayart PicturesRelease dateDecember 18 1928Running time58 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilentEnglish intertitlesReviews from the time suggest this old dark house mystery had less humor and more suspense than most but the film is today considered lost so it all remains conjecture Actress Lila Lee went on to star in the 1930 sound remake of The Unholy Three starring Lon Chaney Carl Stockdale who plays the detective hero of the film had a long and varied career appearing in The Vampire Bat 1933 Mad Love 1935 and Revenge of the Zombies 1936 among many other films 2 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksSynopsis editA black pearl stolen from an Indian idol is reputedly cursed After Silas Lathrop inherits it he receives threatening messages and is marked for death He gathers around him all of the members of his family for the reading of his will There follows a mystery much in the old dark house genre After several murders a detective named Bertram Chisholm solves the case Cast editLila Lee as Eugenie Bromley Ray Hallor as Robert Lathrop Carl Stockdale as Ethelbert Bertram Chisolm the detective Howard Lorenz as Dr Drake Adele Watson as Sarah Runyan Thomas A Curran as Silas Lathrop Sybil Grove as Miss Sheen Lew Short as Eugene Bromley George B French as Stephen Runyan Joseph Belmont as Wiggenbottom Art Rowlands as Claude LathropReferences edit Wlaschin p 30 Workman Christopher Howarth Troy 2016 Tome of Terror Horror Films of the Silent Era Midnight Marquee Press p 322 ISBN 978 1936168 68 2 Bibliography editKen Wlaschin Silent Mystery and Detective Movies A Comprehensive Filmography McFarland 2009 External links editThe Black Pearl at IMDb nbsp This article about a silent film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Black Pearl 1928 film amp oldid 1171963160, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
