The Bandbox is a 1919 American silent mystery crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Doris Kenyon, Walter McEwen and Gretchen Hartman. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Louis Joseph Vance. Location shooting took place in Central Park and on Lake Mohegan in New York State.
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Plot
A pearl necklace is smuggled through customs without paying duty after arriving in America from an ocean liner and a gang of criminals hot on the trail of them.
Cast
Doris Kenyon as Eleanor Searle
Walter McEwen as Arbuthnot Ismay / William H. Iff
Gretchen Hartman as Alison Landis
Edward Keppler as Arthur Arkroyd
Maggie Weston as Mrs. Clover
Logan Paul as Ehraim Clover
Lorraine Harding as Marie
Alexander Gaden as Benjamin Staff
Preservation
With no holdings located in archives, The Bandbox is considered a lost film.