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A Bride of Mystery
Also known as {The Bride of Mystery}
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Francis Ford
Cast: Francis Ford [the detective], Grace Cunard [Countess X], Harry Schumm [the hypnotist], Edgar M. Keller (Edgar Keller), Frederick Montague (Fred Montague), Eddie Boland
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Gold Seal]. / Scenario by Grace Cunard. Cinematography by Al Siegler. / Released 10 February 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? At the opening of the play we find the specialists whiling away the evening in a popular café. At the next table to his a woman takes a seat. Owing to the cold and alabaster appearance of her face, to her black eyes which seem to gaze through the café walls into strange pastures, the specialist at once becomes interested in her. He concludes that she is in a state of hypnosis. A man is seen tampering with the electric switchboard. The lights in the café go out. When the cause of the trouble is found the mysterious woman is missing, but across the table which she occupied is stretched the body of a dead man. A detective arrives and finds the butt of a cigarette as the only clue; the cigarette bears the personal monogram of the owner. A week passes. While sitting in the box of a theater the specialist again sees the strange woman as a dancer on the stage. From the program he learns that she is known as Countess X, and he again notices, that she appears to be hypnotized. Following her eyes he observes in the audience a man staring at her intently. It is the same man observed in the café in the murder. At this point a fire breaks out in the theater and the specialist has all he can do to save himself. The same night there is a great bank robbery and the detective can find no clue except another butt of a monogrammed cigarette. In the meantime the body of the Countess X has been taken to the morgue of the medical institution in which the specialist labors. In examining the corpse he finds signs of life and by applying a new discovery of his he revives her. The hypnotist learns the success of the experiment and goes to the specialist’s house. Through the window he sees his former victim, but is unable to cast a spell over her. After a time the Countess marries the specialist. At the ceremony the detective comes upon the hypnotist trying to fasten the eyes of his former victim. He succeeds and carries the Countess away. Guests and police follow to the dive. The hypnotist forces are defeated and as a last resort he floods the subterranean chamber with water. The hypnotist is killed and the Countess is rescued from the rising waters.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actresses - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Hypnotism - Medical: Doctors
Listing updated: 6 April 2020.
References: Edmonds-BigU pp. 43, 44 : ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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