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  • The Mystery of the Brass Bound Chest (1916)
  • Short | Short, Thriller, Western
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Chest (1916)
Short | Short, Thriller, Western

Marsoorian, a curio dealer, has been marked for death by the members of the Hunchakist League because of his possession of a mysterious brass bound chest. Barbara succeeds in buying the chest from Marsoorian's clerk on the day that the ...See moreMarsoorian, a curio dealer, has been marked for death by the members of the Hunchakist League because of his possession of a mysterious brass bound chest. Barbara succeeds in buying the chest from Marsoorian's clerk on the day that the dealer learns that "The Red Angel" of the Hunchakists is on his trail seeking vengeance. Marsoorian prepares for flight, but delays to recover the chest from Barbara. On his visit to Barbara's home he is followed by "The Red Angel," and when the Brent party comes to meet him they find instead his dead body with a dagger bearing a peculiar Maltese cross insignia beside the body. A similar Maltese cross is on the brass bound chest so Barbara refuses to give it up to the police until she has solved the mystery herself. The following day she receives a warning that her life is in danger unless she delivers the chest unopened to a messenger at a lonely spot. Wallace delivers the box and attempts to turn the tables by overcoming the messenger, but is captured by the latter's aides and taken to the headquarters of the Hunchakist League. Barbara and her father following in another automobile are delayed by a tire blow-out and Barbara goes ahead on foot in time to learn where the captive Wallace has been taken. With Wallace at the mercy of the enraged Hunchakists and Barbara endeavoring singlehanded to save him, the action works up to a thrilling climax before the rescue of the two is finally effected and the mystery of the brass chest explained. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 15, 1916

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Nov 15, 1916 (United States)

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Marin Sais
Barbara Brent Barbara Brent   See fewer
True Boardman
Congressman John Wallace Congressman John Wallace   See fewer
Frank Jonasson
Ace Brent Ace Brent   See fewer
Robert N. Bradbury
The Red Angel (as Ronald Bradbury) The Red Angel (as Ronald Bradbury)   See fewer
Edward Clisbee
Marsoorian Marsoorian   See fewer
Karl Formes
The Black Father The Black Father   See fewer
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