The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius (1914)
When the great Botticelli "Bella Donna Della Mia Mente" was stolen from the Art Museum by members of the militant suffragette party, popular feeling ran very high. Boronoff, the great Russian violinist, offered his services for a great popular concert, the proceeds of which were to be placed in a fund for the purpose of regaining the stolen masterpiece. Boronoff owned the most valuable violin in the world, a real Stradivarius, unequaled in workmanship and tone. At his hotel in London, he demanded that the proprietor provide a safe for the proper safekeeping of his beloved instrument as well as for his valuable collection of gold and silver medals. Shortly after the safe had been brought to his room, Vera North, one of the leaders of the militant party, called on Boronoff, and begged him not to hold the concert because it would conflict with a large mass meeting planned by the suffragettes. Boronoff refused to grant her request, and Miss North hysterically warned him to be careful how he opposed the interests of her party. When Boronoff went out that afternoon, Miss North came back to the hotel and went up to his room. The next morning, London was startled by the news that the master's violin had been stolen. Hamilton Cleek, assigned to the case, went directly to the hotel. In the violinist's rooms, he met Boronoff, and Paradine, his protégé. Paradine did most of the talking. The great violinist seemed strangely quiet. The safe had been opened, the violin and medals extracted, and the seals replaced on the safe. A hatpin found on the floor seemed to point to Vera North as the thief. Cleek had Miss North brought to the hotel, and questioned her. She stoutly maintained that she had only come to the violinist's rooms to leave a note of apology for her rudeness to him. How Cleek's sharp eyes discovered the clue to the solution of the mystery must be left for the film to explain. Suffice it to say that in an extremely dramatic moment, he clapped handcuffs on Paradine, tore the disguise from the supposed violinist, and discovered the real Boronoff, bound and gagged behind some tapestry.
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GenresDrama
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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 | |
| Sally Crute | |
| Robert Brower | |
| Joseph W. Girard |
