The Unknown Quantity (1919)

Directed by

Thomas R. Mills

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rated

NR

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 story based on an O. Henry short story from 1910 follows characters in a silent film. The plot involves a situation where an unknown factor changes the course of events. This film is lost and only descriptions remain.

old-fashionedmysteriousquietbriskpoignantslightly datedunderstated

What happens

The Unknown Quantity is a lost 1919 American silent directed by Thomas R. Mills produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on the 1910 short story of the same name by O. Henry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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