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The Argyle Case (1917)

The Argyle Case poster
Directed by
Ralph Ince
Genre
silent film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man disappears and a case of stolen bonds leads to a murder investigation. Suspicions fall on a family member as the police try to solve the crime.

stagedmelodramaticmysteriousstraightforwardperiodsilent-era

What happens

The Argyle Case is a 1917 American silent mystery film produced by and starring Robert Warwick and directed by Ralph Ince. It was distributed by Lewis J. Selznick through his Selznick Pictures Corporation. The play was refilmed in 1929 as an early talkie The Argyle Case with Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee. A copy survives in the archives of the British Film Institute. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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