The Black Box (serial)

1915 film

The Black Box

Still with Herbert Rawlinson

Directed by| Otis Turner
Written by| E. Phillips Oppenheim
Otis Turner
Jeanie MacPherson
Produced by| Otis Turner
Starring| Herbert Rawlinson

Production
company

Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Distributed by| Universal Film Manufacturing Co.

Release date

* March 14, 1915 (1915-03-14)

Running time

| 15 episodes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

The Black Box is a 1915 American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost.[1] The film was written in part by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a popular novelist at the time. The story was published in 1915 as a novel and as a newspaper serial. Both published editions were illustrated by photographic stills taken from the movie serial. In the novel version, about 30 stills from the movie are preserved. These can be seen in the Gutenberg.org version.[2]

## Plot

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The plot follows enigmatic criminologist Sanford Quest as he solves various crimes around New York City through unique methods.

## Cast

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* Herbert Rawlinson as Sanford Quest
* Ann Little as Lenora MacDougal (credited as Anna Little)
* William Worthington as Professor Ashleigh / Lord Ashleigh
* Mark Fenton as Police Officer
* Laura Oakley as Laura, Quest's Assistant
* Frank MacQuarrie as Craig
* Frank Lloyd as Ian MacDouglas
* Helen Wright as Lady Ashleigh
* Beatrice Van as Ashleigh's Daughter
* Hylda Hollis as Mrs. Bruce Reinholdt (credited as Hilda Sloman)
* J. Edwin Brown
* Dorothy Brown
* Duke Worne
* Harry Tenbrook as Thug
* Lionel Bradshaw
* Osborne Chase

## Chapter titles

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Newspaper advertisement

1. An Apartment House Mystery
2. The Hidden Hands
3. The Pocket Wireless
4. An Old Grudge
5. On the Rack
6. The Unseen Terror
7. The House of Mystery
8. The Inherited Sin
9. Lost in London
10. The Ship of Horror
11. A Desert Vengeance
12. ’Neath Iron Wheels
13. Tongues of Flame
14. A Bolt from the Blue
15. The Black Box[1]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1915
* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio

## References

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1. ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: The Black Box". Silent Era. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
2. ^ Gutenberg.org e-book

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Black Box (serial).

* The Black Box at IMDb
* Oppenheim, Edward Phillips (1915), The Black Box, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, with stills from the 1915 film serial, on the Internet Archive

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Universal serials

Serials

| Silent Serials
(1914-1929)|

* Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery
* The Master Key
* The Trey o' Hearts
* The Black Box
* The Broken Coin
* Graft
* Under the Crescent
* The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
* Liberty
* The Mystery Ship
* The Red Ace
* The Gray Ghost
* The Voice on the Wire
* The Brass Bullet
* The Bull's Eye
* The Lion's Claws
* The Lure of the Circus
* The Red Glove
* The Great Radium Mystery
* The Lion Man
* The Midnight Man
* The Flaming Disc
* The Moon Riders
* King of the Circus
* The Vanishing Dagger
* The Dragon's Net
* The Diamond Queen
* Do or Die
* The Secret Four
* Terror Trail
* The White Horseman
* Winners of the West
* The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
* In the Days of Buffalo Bill
* Perils of the Yukon
* The Radio King
* With Stanley in Africa
* Around the World in 18 Days
* Beasts of Paradise
* The Eagle's Talons
* The Ghost City
* In the Days of Daniel Boone
* The Oregon Trail
* The Phantom Fortune
* The Social Buccaneer
* The Steel Trail
* The Fast Express
* The Fighting Ranger
* The Iron Man
* The Riddle Rider
* Wolves of the North
* The Ace of Spades
* The Great Circus Mystery
* The Scarlet Streak
* Fighting with Buffalo Bill
* Strings of Steel
* The Winking Idol
* Blake of Scotland Yard
* The Fire Fighters
* The Return of the Riddle Rider
* The Trail of the Tiger
* Whispering Smith Rides
* Haunted Island
* Tarzan the Mighty
* The Vanishing Rider
* The Diamond Master
* A Final Reckoning
* The Pirate of Panama

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Part-sound Serials
(1929-1930)|

* The Ace of Scotland Yard
* Tarzan the Tiger
* The Jade Box
* The Lightning Express
* Terry of the Times
* The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials
(1931-1942)|

* Finger Prints
* Heroes of the Flames
* Danger Island
* Battling with Buffalo Bill
* The Spell of the Circus
* Detective Lloyd
* The Airmail Mystery
* Heroes of the West
* Jungle Mystery
* The Lost Special
* Clancy of the Mounted
* The Phantom of the Air
* Gordon of Ghost City
* The Perils of Pauline
* Pirate Treasure
* The Vanishing Shadow
* The Red Rider
* Tailspin Tommy
* Rustlers of Red Dog
* The Call of the Savage
* The Roaring West
* Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
* The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
* Flash Gordon
* The Phantom Rider
* Ace Drummond
* Jungle Jim
* Secret Agent X-9
* Wild West Days
* Radio Patrol
* Tim Tyler's Luck
* Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
* Flaming Frontiers
* Red Barry
* Scouts to the Rescue
* Buck Rogers
* The Oregon Trail
* The Phantom Creeps
* The Green Hornet
* Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
* Winners of the West
* Junior G-Men
* The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
* Sky Raiders
* Riders of Death Valley
* Sea Raiders

War-time Serials
(1942-1945)|

* Don Winslow of the Navy
* Gang Busters
* Junior G-Men of the Air
* Overland Mail
* The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
* Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
* Adventures of the Flying Cadets
* The Great Alaskan Mystery
* Raiders of Ghost City
* Mystery of the River Boat
* Jungle Queen
* The Master Key
* Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials
(1945-1946)|

* The Royal Mounted Rides Again
* The Scarlet Horseman
* Lost City of the Jungle
* The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

* Film serials

* List of film serials
* List of film serials by studio

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Films directed by Otis Turner

* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
* The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
* The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
* The Man from the West (1912)
* A Cave Man Wooing (1912)
* Shon the Piper (1913)
* Called Back (1914)
* The Spy (1914)
* Damon and Pythias (1914)
* The Opened Shutters (1914)
* The Black Box (1915)
* From Italy's Shores (1915)
* Langdon's Legacy (1916)
* The Island of Desire (1917)
* Melting Millions (1917)
* The Book Agent (1917)
* The Soul of Satan (1917)
* Some Boy! (1917)

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