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The Brass Bowl (1924)

The Brass Bowl poster
Directed by
Jerome Storm
Genre
silent film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man and his lookalike friend tangle with a jewel thief who uses a brass bowl as a clue. The film follows their attempts to outsmart the criminal.

light-heartedwhimsicalmysteriousplayfulfast-paceddatedamusinglight

What happens

The Brass Bowl is a lost 1924 American mystery film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Thomas Dixon Jr. It is based on the 1907 novel The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams, Jack Duffy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Leo White and Fred J. Butler. The film was released on November 16, 1924, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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