The Mystery of the Black Pearl (1912)

Directed by

Franklyn Barrett

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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