The Mysterious Cipher(1916)

Name: The Mysterious Cipher
Director: J. Gunnis Davis
Released: 1916-06-24
Cast: Helen Gibson, George A. Williams, Hoot Gibson, Charles Dudley, Scott Pembroke

06/24/1916 (US)Thriller0h 12m

Overview

Chilton, a crooked dealer in antiques, decides on a daring scheme to recoup his finances by defrauding the railroad. A car-load of cheap furniture is shipped with a valuation of $40,000 on it. Blanding, the tool of Chilton and his partner, awaits at Lone Point a telegram giving the number of the car.

J. Gunnis Davis

Director

Homer Von Flindt

Story

Top Billed Cast

Helen Gibson

Helen

George A. Williams

Chilton - Dealer in Antiques

Hoot Gibson

Blanding

Charles Dudley

The Claim Agent

Scott Pembroke

Chilton's Partner

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Part of the The Hazards of Helen

Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 almost weekly episodes. The series began with silent serial film queen Helen Holmes as the star - with an occasional actor taking over the lead. Eventually Helen Gibson took over the role of Helen. Unlike the cliffhanger serials of the era, The Hazards of Helen is actually a film series made up of near autonomous single reel twelve-minute melodramas. Most episodes of this series are presumed lost.