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The Black Spider (1920 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Black Spider' is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by William Humphrey and starring Mary Clare, Bertram Burleigh, and Ronald Colman.Smith, R. Dixon. 'Ronald Colman, Gentleman of the Cinema: A Biography and Filmography'. McFarland, 1991. p. 16. . It is an adaptation of the 1911 novel of the same name by Carlton Dawe. The film was partly shot on location in Monte Carlo.
Plot
A series of robberies have been committed against wealthy inhabitants of Monaco by a thief known as 'The Black Spider'. A young woman steals her aunt's jewels as a joke, pretending to be the Black Spider, but a detective is soon on her trail.
Cast
*Mary Clare as Angela Brentwood
*Lydia Kyasht as Angela Carfour
*Bertram Burleigh as Archie Lowndes
*Sam Livesey as Reggie Cosway
*Robert Corbins as Archie Lowndes
*Ronald Colman as Vicomte de Beaurais
*Betty Hall as Irene Carfour
*Hayden Coffin as Lord Carfour
*Adeline Hayden Coffin as Lady Carfour
*Dorothy Cecil as Marjorie West
Bibliography
*Low, Rachael. 'The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929'. Routledge, 1997.
References
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