A Thrilling Photo-Drama of Dual Personality and Spirit Control
Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes. Nelson, a detective, is called upon to solve the mystery.
The Woman of Mystery
Detective Nelson
Norma
24 Mar 1930
In Dijon, Inspector Hanaud investigates Betty Harlowe after her uncle, Boris Waberski, accuses her of poisoning her wealthy aunt for an inheritance. While an initial autopsy finds nothing, Hanaud discovers the use of Strophanthus Hispidus—a rare, undetectable poison applied via an antique arrow. Amidst a flurry of "poison pen" letters and deception, Hanaud proves the murder occurred despite the lack of conventional medical evidence.
27 Jul 1917
After finding her sister dead, Maria tries to find out who or what is to blame.
12 Jul 1915
After Outlaw Slippery Joe robs a miner and his daughter, a sheriff pursues him. While on the outlaw’s trail, the sheriff finds the miner's horse, abandoned by the outlaw, and notices the resemblance between Slippery Joe and Mr. Bond, a man he had encountered earlier who was searching for his twin brother. The miner and his daughter arrive at the ranger's cabin, recognizing Bond as the robber.
12 Feb 1932
Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.
23 Apr 1922
Bored by her hardworking husband, Tess goes to an illegal gambling den with a former suitor, Arthur Sinclair. The den is robbed and subsequently raided by police. Tess loses her rings and lies to her husband about her whereabouts. Her lies are exposed when the rings are found by the police. While trying to manage the fallout, she writes a compromising letter that is intercepted and used to blackmail her for $15,000. After being embroiled in further dangerous, fraudulent activity, her innocence regarding the robbery and associated crimes is established through the confession of a criminal named Peter Vanetti.
10 Sep 1923
A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when two Russian thieves, Anna Valeska and her partner Borolsky, arrive at the mansion one dark night.
23 Sep 1920
A doctor who cannot figure out what is wrong with his patient refers him to a detective, whom he hopes will be able to discern the cause of his mysterious illness.
17 Mar 1932
A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....
29 Mar 1932
The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involving suspects from a will, with a newspaper woman assisting and uncovering deeper secrets behind the apparent financial motives.
31 Aug 1924
This silent mystery is considered a lost film.
30 Nov 1932
A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.
01 Sep 1926
A poor man refrains from proposing to the woman he loves until he can secure the fortune left him by his uncle. Believing the treasure awaits in his uncle's abandoned mansion, he begins searching... only to uncover mystery, murder, and a killer ape.
03 Dec 1922
Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings. A lost film.
19 Mar 1974
Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each. When he is discovered dead, clues indicate that each of his four wives had motive and opportunity to murder him, and a young detective must sift through some ingeniously devised evidence.
09 May 1973
A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.
04 Dec 1973
After coming under suspicion for a computer technician's murder, six hackers team up to try to find the real killer.
31 Mar 1975
A young nurse reports to work in a hospital's psychiatric wing and gets involved in a series of mysterious deaths.
10 Mar 1975
The wife of a TV executive thinks she might have committed a murder and is tormented by a stalker while locked inside an empty TV station.
05 Dec 1973
A mystery writer's son is being held for $1 million ransom.
19 May 1975
After a popular singer dies in a mysterious auto accident, her fiancee assembles all those who were to attend there wedding, hoping to find her killer.