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The Mysterious Visitor (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Mysterious Visitor (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Ethel Adams, the only daughter of a wealthy mother, reads of the adventures of a girl who disguises herself as a man and the exciting things that happen to her. The book greatly pleases Ethel, and she's still thinking about it when she ...See moreEthel Adams, the only daughter of a wealthy mother, reads of the adventures of a girl who disguises herself as a man and the exciting things that happen to her. The book greatly pleases Ethel, and she's still thinking about it when she chances to read in the paper of a clever crook, "The Spider," leaving a card with a spider engraved upon it behind him after each of his successful crimes. Ethel, who is of a somewhat mischievous disposition, starts to think of the fun of disguising herself as a man and committing robberies against some of his friends and making them believe "The Spider" did them. Of course, she intends to tell them the joke after a little and restore their property to them, then laugh at their discomfiture. While Ethel is revolving this plan in her mind, she sees coming toward her Jack Leslie, a young society amateur detective. Jack is very much in love with Ethel, but she thinks him conceited; she decides to start her scheme on him, thinking of how tricking him would shatter some of his self-satisfaction. A few days later, when Mrs. Adams gives a ball, Ethel is ready. During the evening Ethel's dear friend Miss Ames, one of her intended victims, goes into the garden with her lover. Mr. Harding. As they are in deep conversation, two hands steal out of the shrubbery and softly unclasp Miss Ames' handsome necklace, then disappear with the necklace in their grasp. A few moments later Miss Ames misses her necklace and at the time Harding discovers a card with the engraved spider upon it among the coils of Miss Ames' hair. There is great excitement over the robbery and everyone believes that it has been committed by "The Spider." Jack Leslie is asked to take charge of the case. While he is in his den that same night a sharp whistle sounds from the next room and, rushing in there, he finds all his silver piled in the center of his dining room table with a card from "The Spider" placed ironically on top. It is as if "The Spider" taunted Jack with the proof of how easily he could have stolen the silver and got safely away under Jack's very nose. Ethel is invited to Miss Ames' house for the weekend. Mr. Ames, the father, advertises a reward of $1,000 for the return of the necklace. He receives word that "The Spider'' will come to claim his reward at 12:00. Mr. Ames summons Jack and his daughter's sweetheart, as well as a police detective, who will wait outside the house and the three men determine to sit up in the room beside the safe in which the money is placed. Ethel waits until the house is quiet, then steals down, blows the fumes of a sleeping gas in through a keyhole, and captures the reward, leaving the pearls and "The Spider's" cards in the hands of the men. Waiting in the hall to hear the consternation of the men, Ethel is caught in the hall. Jack immediately phones the police that he has captured the famous crook, but he only inspires laughter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Ethel Grandin Ethel Adams Ethel Adams See fewer	The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916)

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