The Black Box is a 1915 American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost. The film was written in part by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a popular novelist at the time. The story was published in 1915 as a novel and as a newspaper serial. Both published editions were illustrated by photographic stills taken from the movie serial. In the novel version, about 30 stills from the movie are preserved. These can be seen in the Gutenberg.org version.
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Plot
The plot follows enigmatic criminologist Sanford Quest as he solves various crimes around New York City through unique methods.
Cast
Herbert Rawlinson as Sanford Quest
Ann Little as Lenora MacDougal (credited as Anna Little)
William Worthington as Professor Ashleigh / Lord Ashleigh
Mark Fenton as Police Officer
Laura Oakley as Laura, Quest's Assistant
Frank MacQuarrie as Craig
Frank Lloyd as Ian MacDouglas
Helen Wright as Lady Ashleigh
Beatrice Van as Ashleigh's Daughter
Hylda Hollis as Mrs. Bruce Reinholdt (credited as Hilda Sloman)
J. Edwin Brown
Dorothy Brown
Duke Worne
Harry Tenbrook as Thug
Lionel Bradshaw
Osborne Chase
Chapter titles
An Apartment House Mystery
The Hidden Hands
The Pocket Wireless
An Old Grudge
On the Rack
The Unseen Terror
The House of Mystery
The Inherited Sin
Lost in London
The Ship of Horror
A Desert Vengeance
’Neath Iron Wheels
Tongues of Flame
A Bolt from the Blue
The Black Box