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The Mystery of the Black Pearl (1912)

The Mystery of the Black Pearl poster
Directed by
Franklyn Barrett
Genre
silent film
Country
Australia
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective works to solve a mystery involving a black pearl. The film is a silent drama from early Australian cinema and is now considered lost.

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What happens

The Mystery of the Black Pearl is a 1912 Australian silent film. A detective drama, It is now considered a lost film. Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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