Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916)

Directed by

Monte Luke

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer makes a bet that he can stay alone in a mountain inn and write a novel. But strangers keep showing up with their own secrets.

early-cinemaplayfulmysteriouslightheartedwhimsicaldatedsimplestagey

What happens

Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1916 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke for J. C. Williamson's. It was the first film adaptation of the popular play by George M. Cohan which had toured Australia successfully in 1914 with Fred Niblo. There were later versions of the story in 1917, 1925, 1929, 1935 and 1947. Three reels of the film survive today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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