Secret Strings

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Secret Strings
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Strand Theater in Denver, Colorado, showing the films Secret Strings (1918) and The Gun Packer (1919)
Directed by John Ince
Written by June Mathis
Based onSecret Strings (play)
by Kate Jordan
Produced by Maxwell Karger
Starring Olive Tell
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release date
  • October 7, 1918 (1918-10-07)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Secret Strings is a lost [1] 1918 American silent crime drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Olive Tell, a stage actress, starred in the story based on a play by Kate Jordan. John Ince directed. [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] Janet Howell (Tell) discovers that her husband Raoul (Kelly) is a crook. She leaves him and attempts to make a living painting pictures. She takes a position as a companion to Mrs. de Giles (Wainwright) in the hope of recovering some valuable mining property which her husband assures her belongs to a friend of his. Her husband visits the house using the name Newell and tells her to find where the safe is located. Newell drugs the coffee so that the de Giles and Hugh Maxwell (Thompson), a relative, fall into a stupor, and he tells Janet to change her clothes and be ready to leave with him. However, the de Giles are cleverer detectives and have been waiting for this chance to catch their man, and Newell is arrested. He makes a last frantic attempt to escape but is shot by the Detective (Lawrence) and falls down the stairs and breaks his neck. Janet's innocence is believed and Hugh confesses his love for her.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Secret Strings was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a cut, in Reel 5, gagging and binding the young woman, two scenes of thieves at panel, and emptying jewels from tray into bag. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Secret Strings
  2. ↑ "Secret Strings". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Secret Strings / John Ince". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. The Library of Congress. March 31, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: Secret Strings". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 7 (18): 35. October 26, 1918.
  5. ↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (22): 28. November 23, 1918.


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