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The Purple Cipher
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Wikipedia article
'The Purple Cipher' is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story 'The Purple Hieroglyph' by Murray Leinster.Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans p.41 The story was adapted twice more in the sound era as 'Murder Will Out' (1930) and 'Torchy Blane in Chinatown ' (1939).
Cast
* Earle Williams as Leonard Staunton
* Vola Vale as Jeanne Baldwin
* Ernest Shields as Jack Baldwin
* Allan Forrest as Alan Fitzhugh
* Henry A. Barrows as Frank Condon
* Goro Kino as Hop Lee
* Frank M. Seki as Wong Foo
References
Bibliography
* Billee J. Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans. 'Murray Leinster: The Life and Works'. McFarland, 2011.
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