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The Trunk Mystery
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / [?] 4329 or 4338? feet
Directed by Frank Hall Crane

Cast: Charles Hutchison [Jim Manning], Alice Calhoun [Marion Hampton], Richard Neill [Joe Fawcett], Ben Walker [Turner], Ford Sterling [Jeff], Otto Lederer [Stevanov], Charles Mack (Charles W. Mack) [John Hampton], [?] Lila Leslie?

[?] Hurricane Film Company and/or Louis T. Rogers Productions and/or Productions, Incorporated? production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Frederic Chapin (Frederick Chapin), from a screen story by Forrest Sheldon. Cinematography by Leon Shamroy. / © 24 September 1925 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP21855], and © 24 September 1925 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LU24052]. Released in December 1926 [United Kingdom] and 12 June 1927 [USA]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom by Woolf & Freedman Film Service, Limited, in December 1926. / Silent film.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 September 2023.

References: Paris-Brooks p. 157 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.