The Master Mind (1914 film)

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The Master Mind
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Newspaper advertisement, 1914
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited)
Written byClara Beranger (scenario)
Story byDavid Daniel Cohen
Based onThe Master Mind
by Daniel D. Carter
Starring Edmund Breese
Production
company
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 11, 1914 (1914-05-11)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Master Mind is a 1914 American silent crime/drama film released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille and stars Edmund Breese. The film is based on the play of the same name by Daniel D. Carter. [1]

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Overview

The plot revolves around a defense attorney who, unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man, concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the prosecutor.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Master Mind located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. [2]

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