The Bandbox

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The Bandbox
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Directed by Roy William Neill
Written by Roy Somerville
Based onThe Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance
Starring Doris Kenyon
Walter McEwen
Gretchen Hartman
Cinematography Ned Van Buren
Edward Wynard
Production
company
Deitrich-Beck
Distributed by Hodkinson Pictures
Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • November 22, 1919 (1919-11-22)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Bandbox is a 1919 American silent mystery crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Doris Kenyon, Walter McEwen and Gretchen Hartman. [1] It is based on the 1912 novel of the same title by Louis Joseph Vance. Location shooting took place in Central Park and on Lake Mohegan in New York State.

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Plot

A pearl necklace is smuggled through customs without paying duty after arriving in America from an ocean liner and a gang of criminals hot on the trail of them.

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References

  1. Connelly p. 319

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