As described in a film magazine,[3] Carma Carmichael (Storey), who lives with her uncle Quincy Carmichael (Andrews), is kidnapped by her father and held for ransom. In order to trap the criminals and secure Jack Carrington (Barker) as Carma's husband, Quincy fakes his death and makes Jack his heir. Carma is angered by her uncle's action is determined to take her rightful place. By going through some of her uncle's papers, she discovers that the man she believes to be her father is an impostor and that her father is dead. Carma's supposed father and a group of moonshiners attack the Carmichael home and are fought off by Carma, Jack, and a friend. Quincy, believing it is time to return to life, does so in time to get the sheriff's posse on the house grounds, drive off the moonshiners, and capture the crooks.
Like many American films of the time, The Eyes of Mystery was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 1, of slugging a man, Reel 4, the vision of shooting Carma's father, Reel 5, five views of moonshiners shooting at house, Carma shooting man in white and shooting man out of tree, throwing man over porch, two scenes of breaking door with ax, closeup of shooting where Carma is used as a shield, overseer shooting Carma's father and he shooting overseer.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Eyes Of Mystery". Memory.loc.gov. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
^"Progressive Silent Film List: The Eyes of Mystery". Silentera.com. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
^"Reviews: The Eyes of Mystery". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (6): 26. February 2, 1918.
^"Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (8): 29. February 16, 1918.
eyes, mystery, other, uses, eyes, mystery, lost, 1918, american, silent, mystery, film, directed, browning, starring, edith, storey, film, advertisementdirected, bytod, browningwritten, byoctavus, cohenj, giesyjune, mathisproduced, rolfestarringedith, storeybr. For other uses see Eyes of Mystery The Eyes of Mystery is a lost 1 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Tod Browning starring Edith Storey 2 The Eyes of MysteryFilm advertisementDirected byTod BrowningWritten byOctavus Roy CohenJ U GiesyJune MathisProduced byB A RolfeStarringEdith StoreyBradley BarkerCinematographyHarry Leslie KeepersDistributed byMetro Pictures CorporationRelease dateJanuary 21 1918 1918 01 21 Running time5 reels 1 500 meters CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent English intertitles Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editAs described in a film magazine 3 Carma Carmichael Storey who lives with her uncle Quincy Carmichael Andrews is kidnapped by her father and held for ransom In order to trap the criminals and secure Jack Carrington Barker as Carma s husband Quincy fakes his death and makes Jack his heir Carma is angered by her uncle s action is determined to take her rightful place By going through some of her uncle s papers she discovers that the man she believes to be her father is an impostor and that her father is dead Carma s supposed father and a group of moonshiners attack the Carmichael home and are fought off by Carma Jack and a friend Quincy believing it is time to return to life does so in time to get the sheriff s posse on the house grounds drive off the moonshiners and capture the crooks Cast editEdith Storey as Carma Carmichael Bradley Barker as Jack Carrington Harry Northrup as Roger Carmichael credited as Harry S Northrup Frank Andrews as Quincy Carmichael Kempton Greene as Steve Graham Frank Bennett as Seth Megget credited as Frank Fisher Bennett Louis Wolheim as Brad Tilton credited as Louis R Wolheim Anthony Byrd as Uncle George Pauline Dempsey as Aunt Liza Monte Blue uncredited roleReception editLike many American films of the time The Eyes of Mystery was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards For example the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut in Reel 1 of slugging a man Reel 4 the vision of shooting Carma s father Reel 5 five views of moonshiners shooting at house Carma shooting man in white and shooting man out of tree throwing man over porch two scenes of breaking door with ax closeup of shooting where Carma is used as a shield overseer shooting Carma s father and he shooting overseer 4 References edit Eyes Of Mystery Memory loc gov November 14 2017 Retrieved November 14 2017 Progressive Silent Film List The Eyes of Mystery Silentera com Retrieved May 4 2008 Reviews The Eyes of Mystery Exhibitors Herald New York City Exhibitors Herald Company 6 6 26 February 2 1918 Official Cut Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors Exhibitors Herald New York City Exhibitors Herald Company 6 8 29 February 16 1918 External links editThe Eyes of Mystery at IMDb The Eyes of Mystery at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Eyes of Mystery amp oldid 1171939553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
