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The Strange Case of Princess Khan (1915)
Short | Short, Drama, Romance

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The Strange Case of Princess Khan (1915)

Short | Short, Drama, Romance

Philip Dawson, an illustrious author, is making a tour of the world for the purpose of accumulating data for another "best seller." He has letters of introduction to various social leaders in the different capitals of the world, and while ...See morePhilip Dawson, an illustrious author, is making a tour of the world for the purpose of accumulating data for another "best seller." He has letters of introduction to various social leaders in the different capitals of the world, and while in Bombay, presents one of these letters to Mrs. Carewe. Mrs. Carewe gives a ball to entertain the latest "lion," and "kills two birds with one stone" by making Sadi Khan, a famous Hindu hypnotist and mystic, a guest of the evening. She arranges to have Dawson meet Sadi Khan, who, in truth is a charlatan. He is also avaricious and when Mrs. Carewe requests him to give a private exhibition of his wonderful powers, he demands a goodly fee. Mrs. Carewe offers him a valuable jewel if he will agree to comply with her request. The Hindu accepts the jewel in payment. Sadi Khan receives his guests with great pomp and ceremony. His assistant, Ben Saada, helps to arrange the guests in a semi-circle, after which Hindu servants bind their wrists, so that they can make no demonstration during the exhibition. After this has been accomplished, Sadi Khan places them all in a hypnotic trance and then, slowly receding into a slight recess which is apparently a solid wall draped with portieres, he dissolves before their eyes and then a beautiful girl appears on the same spot, apparently from nowhere. She glides gracefully into the circle and performs a few steps of a slow, mystic dance and then steps backward into the recess, where she disappears from view, and Sadi Khan again makes his appearance before the guests. They come out of their trance with a full recollection of the scene which their hypnotized eyes have witnessed. The guests thank Mrs. Carewe for her entertainment. Philip Dawson is impressed by the beauty of the apparition. His mind is filled with the unusual occurrences of the evening and as he sits pondering before the fireplace in his chamber, he is startled to discover a strand of golden hair on his coat lapel. Then he recalls that when the beautiful Princess appeared before the circle of his friends, her beautiful golden locks had brushed his sleeve. On the day following he again visits the villa of Sadi Khan and requests that he shall be given a private view of the old Hindu's powers. The charlatan agrees finally, after Philip Dawson has written a check for $1,000. Philip Dawson takes his seat in the drawing room of the mystic, and a servant ties his hands behind him. On the floor between his feet, he has deposited his hat. Sadi Khan performs his hypnotic gestures and Philip feels himself giving way to the hypnotic influence. But his senses do not wholly desert him. Sadi Khan performs the same evolutions as on the previous evening, and the Princess again makes her salaams as on the preceding occasion and retires as before. Dawson is satisfied that she is real flesh and blood. When he picks up his hat, he notices that a small slip of folded paper has been dropped therein by some person who could have been no other than the Princess. Philip hurries to his automobile and reads the contents of the note. The note reads: "Once in each week my uncle unlocks my reason with a powerful drug. At all other times I am under his hypnotic spell. I am writing this while my normal self, with the hope that it will reach a friend. I am half English. He calls me Princess Khan. God send me help." Philip hastens to the police station and shows the note to the police sergeant, who details two men to go with Philip for the purpose of investigating. An automobile carries Philip and the two plain-clothes men to the villa of Sadi Khan and they make known their errand, that is, to release from enforced detention the Princess Khan. They search in vain, because the Princess is concealed in a secret room and the detectives do not discover the cunningly contrived doorway. Upon their return to the police station the sergeant is inclined to be skeptical and believes that Philip is leading the detectives on a wild goose chase, but Philip is not deterred. He confers with some of his acquaintances and tells them the story. They agree to accompany him in an effort to rescue the Princess and they make their preparation without delay. Ben Saada, the crafty assistant of Sadi Khan, has his suspicions aroused and follows the automobile in which Philip departs in the company of the two detectives after visiting the villa. Ben Saada overhears Philip planning with his friends to rescue the Princess, and, hastening back to the villa, tells Sadi Khan what he has overheard. They decide to leave the villa hastily and carry the Princess away. The unconscious girl is wrapped in a loose garment and carried from the villa by Ben Saada. An automobile has been summoned and they dash away. Philip and his friends espy the fleeing automobile of Sadi Khan, and an exciting race ensues. In their efforts to outdistance their pursuers neither the driver nor the other occupants of the leading machine notice that a bridge crossing a river has been partially dismantled. When they see the sign of warning it is too late. However, before reaching the open space in the bridge, the automobile strikes a plank and throws the unconscious girl out. Sadi Khan and Ben Saada are carried down into the stream and when their pursuers arrive there is no trace of them. Philip and his friends find the Princess lying in a stupor on the ground. They carry her to the hotel, where Mrs. Dawson, Philip's mother, renders every care and assistance. The Princess is still under the influence of the spell cast upon her by Sadi Khan, and the most learned doctors declare that they know of no remedy which will release her mind. The body of Sadi Khan is fished out of the river by boatmen, and in his garments is found the vial containing the drug which brings the Princess back to consciousness. The Princess seems to realize instinctively that Philip is her predestined mate, so there is no obstacle to their union and their future happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Jack McDonald Sadi Khan Sadi Khan See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Stella Razeto Princess Khan Princess Khan See fewer	Memories (1914)
Guy Oliver Philip Dawson Philip Dawson See fewer	Only the Brave (1930)
Ada Snyder Mrs. Carewe Mrs. Carewe See fewer	The Strange Case of Princess Khan (1915)
Scott R. Dunlap Ben Saada (as Scott Dunlap) Ben Saada (as Scott Dunlap) See fewer	Twins of Suffering Creek (1920)
Mrs. Bryant Mrs. Dawson Mrs. Dawson See fewer	The Witness for the Defense (1919)