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The Hand of Mystery (1912)
Short | Short, Drama

The Hand of Mystery (1912)

Short | Short, Drama

When Cleo lost the new locket she had been given a little while before, the guests at the house were annoyed and displeased. She had been walking with Fassett, and, a few eyes turned to him and interpreted unpleasant things. But when, a ...See moreWhen Cleo lost the new locket she had been given a little while before, the guests at the house were annoyed and displeased. She had been walking with Fassett, and, a few eyes turned to him and interpreted unpleasant things. But when, a day later, as the hostess sat in her boudoir, a man's hand stole in through the door, passed over her secretary, and picked up a brooch lying there. Her belief that the locket has been stolen and not lost, was confirmed. Hastily snatching the inkwell, she threw it at the hand, and a moment later rushed to the door to find no one. Fassett was sitting on the veranda with Cleo, and a hand with an ink well in it spilled some ink over Fassett's sleeve in just the way and place his own was marred. In the meantime, the hostess summoned a detective, who mixed with the guests. Several times in the next few days the hand appeared, at divers times. And once, when a particularly bold theft had been committed, the detective summoned all the guests to the salon, deliberately walked up to Fassett, lifted his sleeve and showed all the marks of the ink that had been thrown at him. Fassett was no less astonished than his friends, but the guilt was fastened upon him, and he was forced to leave the house in disgrace. Only Cleo believed in his innocence and honor. A few days after he left, the valet was going through the guests' laundry, and came upon a shirt with ink spots on the sleeve. A light dawned upon him. Fassett could not have been guilty. He hastily summoned Cleo, and advised her of his discovery. Cleo at once sent for Fassett, and he became the real detective. Through alertness and persevering diligence, he finally caught the real thief, who was none other than the detective. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Z. Leonard Bassett Bassett See fewer	The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Margarita Fischer Cleo Cleo See fewer	Molly of the Follies (1919)
William Sorelle The Detective The Detective See fewer	The Prince and the Pauper (1915)
Murdock MacQuarrie Actor Actor See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Harry Tenbrook Actor Actor See fewer	They Were Expendable (1945)