The Mystery of the Brass Bound Chest (1916)
Marsoorian, a curio dealer, has been marked for death by the members of the Hunchakist League because of his possession of a mysterious brass bound chest. Barbara succeeds in buying the chest from Marsoorian's clerk on the day that the dealer learns that "The Red Angel" of the Hunchakists is on his trail seeking vengeance. Marsoorian prepares for flight, but delays to recover the chest from Barbara. On his visit to Barbara's home he is followed by "The Red Angel," and when the Brent party comes to meet him they find instead his dead body with a dagger bearing a peculiar Maltese cross insignia beside the body. A similar Maltese cross is on the brass bound chest so Barbara refuses to give it up to the police until she has solved the mystery herself. The following day she receives a warning that her life is in danger unless she delivers the chest unopened to a messenger at a lonely spot. Wallace delivers the box and attempts to turn the tables by overcoming the messenger, but is captured by the latter's aides and taken to the headquarters of the Hunchakist League. Barbara and her father following in another automobile are delayed by a tire blow-out and Barbara goes ahead on foot in time to learn where the captive Wallace has been taken. With Wallace at the mercy of the enraged Hunchakists and Barbara endeavoring singlehanded to save him, the action works up to a thrilling climax before the rescue of the two is finally effected and the mystery of the brass chest explained.
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GenresShort
Thriller
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| James W. Horne | Director |
| Robert Welles Ritchie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Marin Sais | |
| True Boardman | |
| Frank Jonasson | |
| Robert N. Bradbury |
