27 Jun 1927
The Fankony Cafe
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The Gunsaulus Mystery
When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, he is charged with the crime. The film is now believed to be lost.
Top Billed Cast
Evelyn Preer Ida May Gilpin
Edward R. Abrams Sidney Wyeth
Lawrence Chenault Anthony Brisbane
Louis De Bulger Lem Hawkins
E.G. Tatum 
Mattie Wilkes
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