A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Eyes of Mystery
(1918) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five or Six? reels
Directed by Tod Browning

Cast: Edith Storey [Carma Carmichael], Bradley Barker [Jack Carrington], Harry S. Northrup (Harry Northrup) [Roger Carmichael], Frank Andrews [Quincy Carmichael], Kempton Greene [Steve Graham], Frank Fisher Bennett (Frank Bennett) [Seth Megget], Louis R. Wolheim (Louis Wolheim) [Brad Tilton], Anthony Byrd [Uncle George], Pauline Dempsey [Aunt Liza]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [Metro Pictures]. / Produced by B.A. Rolfe. Scenario by June Mathis, from an adaptation by June Mathis of the novel The House in the Mist by Octavus Roy Cohen and J.U. Giesy. Assistant director, James J. Dunne (James Dunne). Cinematography by Harry L. Keepers (Harry Leslie Keepers). Presented by B.A. Rolfe. / © 14 January 1918 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP11950]. Released 21 January 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The House in the Mist. [?] A contemporary promotional poster lists the film as presented in six acts (which usually indicates the number of film reels).

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 November 2023.

References: ClasIm-226 p. 40 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.