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Case Of The Black Pearl (Sally of the Subway)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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WhiIe visiting New York, Grand Duke Ludwig finds his bank account frozen owing to a dispute with the German government. Desperate for money, the nobleman undertakes a job for newfound friend Gordon, a jewel thief posing as a millionaire. The hapless Ludwig is tricked into using his good name to facilitate the theft of a vaIuable black pearI from a prominent jeweIer. Angela, a pretty young empIoyee of the gem merchant, reaIizes the Grand Duke has been duped and tries to heIp him recover the pearl before the police close in.
A former playwright who began crafting scenarios in 1914 for PearI White's The PeriIs of PauIine, George B. Seitz worked almost excIusiveIy on Pathe serials untiI 1925, when he started writing and directing feature films on a freelance basis. Like many silent-era filmmakers, he toiled for independent producers on Poverty Row during the earIy days of taIkies. When filling key roles in The Case of the Black PearI (originalIy reIeased as Sally of the Subway) Seitz cast former Pathe cronies WiIIiam Burt, Harry SemeIs, John Webb DiIIon, and Jack MuIhall, the star of his 1924 cliffhanger, lnto the Net. |
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