The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints (1914)
James Redd was the true cause of Sir Harman Blench's greatness. Redd had discovered a secret preparation which, when added to an ordinary dye, absolutely prevented the pigment from fading out. "Blench's Fadeless Tints" had won a fortune, and a baronetcy for Sir Harmon. In spite of the fact he cheerfully allowed Sir Harmon to realize the major part of the gain from his discovery, James Redd would never tell the secret of the wonderful dye. Sir Harmon tried every means in his power to persuade the old man to divulge it, without success. Finally, he encouraged his daughter, Gladys, to be very nice to Ernest Redd, the old dyer's son, in the hope that she might discover the secret. When Gladys failed in her attempt, gave up in disgust, and told Ernest that she did not love him at all, that young man shot himself. A letter which he wrote to his father resulted in James Redd resigning from the Blench factory. Without him, "Blench's Fadeless Tints" were a hollow mockery, and to the prayers and threats of Sir Harmon, the old man was more obdurate than ever. Finally his mind was disabled by his grief, and he fled into the country, where he took refuge with the Spencers. Here, after many eccentricities, he prepared his room in an excessively odd and freakish manner. Shortly afterwards he disappeared for two weeks. When he returned, he was apparently deaf and dumb in addition to being violently insane. Arthur Spencer naturally greatly worries solicited Cleek's assistance. Cleek listened to the entire story, and taking with him a pair of handcuffs, accompanied the young man to his home. Standing before the old imbecile, Cleek shook his head in kindly sympathy. Then he suddenly leaned forward, clamped the handcuffs on the lunatic's wrists, and pulling off the false beard and wig, discovered Sir Hermon Blench. Sir Herman, suspecting that Redd had concealed the secret formula somewhere in his room, had kidnapped him, and taken his place in disguise. After the trapped nobleman was removed, Cleek found the formula behind the wallpaper, and gave it to Arthur Spencer, to whom old Redd intended it to go.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| George Lessey | Director |
| Thomas W. Hanshew | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ben F. Wilson | |
| Robert Brower | |
| Helen Bauer | |
| Harry Beaumont |
