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The Eyes of Mystery

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Plot
Cast
Reception
References
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{{Other uses|Eyes of Mystery (disambiguation){{!}}Eyes of Mystery}}{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox film
| name = The Eyes of Mystery
| image = The Eyes of Mystery.jpg
| caption = Film advertisement
| director = Tod Browning
| producer = B. A. Rolfe
| writer = Octavus Roy Cohen
J. U. Giesy
June Mathis
| starring = Edith Storey
Bradley Barker
| cinematography = Harry Leslie Keepers
| editing =
| distributor = Metro Pictures Corporation
| released = {{film date|1918|1|21}}
| runtime = 5 reels; (1,500 meters)
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}The Eyes of Mystery is a lost^[1] 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Tod Browning starring Edith Storey.^[2]

Plot

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.

Cast

Edith 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 role

Reception

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]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5076/default.html|title=Eyes Of Mystery|date=November 14, 2017|website=Memory.loc.gov|accessdate=November 14, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/EyesOfMystery1918.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Eyes of Mystery |accessdate=May 4, 2008|website=Silentera.com}}
3. ^{{cite journal |title=Reviews: The Eyes of Mystery |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=6 |page=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=February 2, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}}
4. ^{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=8 |page=29 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=February 16, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald06exhi#page/n344/mode/1up}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0009048}}
{{AllMovie title|90787}}

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