The Mystery of the Black Pearl

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Directed byFranklyn Barrett[1]
Written byLeonard Willey
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
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The Mystery of the Black Pearl
Directed byFranklyn Barrett[1]
Written byLeonard Willey
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
company
Release date
  • 25 March 1912 (1912-03-25)[2][3]
CountryAustralia
Languages

The Mystery of the Black Pearl is a 1912 Australian silent film. A detective drama, It is now considered a lost film.[4][5][6]

Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” [7]

According to the Sydney Sportsman the story involves the robbery of a jewl from a wealthy banker by a criminal gang. The crime is blamed on the sweetheart of the banker's daughter, a naval officer.[8][9]

Cast

  • Cyril Mackay as Dick Weston
  • Sydney Stirling as Dudley Segrave
  • Leonard Willey as Sam Grimm
  • Charles Lawrence
  • Joseph Brennan
  • Irby Marshall

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