The Mystic
| The Mystic | |
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| File:Poster of the movie The Mystic.jpg Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Tod Browning |
| Written by | Tod Browning Waldemar Young |
| Produced by | Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Aileen Pringle Conway Tearle |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Mystic is a 1925 American MGM silent drama film directed by Tod Browning, who later directed MGM's Freaks (1932). It was co-written by Browning and Waldemar Young, writing a similar storyline to their earlier 1925 hit film The Unholy Three. Browning was unable however to hire his favorite star Lon Chaney this time around, and The Mystic wound up a little-known film with a cast of now-forgotten names.[1] Aileen Pringle's gowns in the film were by already famous Romain de Tirtoff (known as Erté).[2] A print of the film exists.[3]
Plot
Zara (Aileen Pringle) is a gypsy rogue who joins with Confederate Zazarack (Mitchell Lewis) to aid Michael Nash (Conway Tearle), the crooked guardian of heiress Doris Merrick (Gladys Hulette), to gain control of her estate by way of fake seances. He tries to convince her that her dead father is telling her to give all of her worldly possessions to the phony spitualists.
Cast
- Aileen Pringle as Zara
- Conway Tearle as Michael Nash
- Mitchell Lewis as Zazarack
- Robert Ober as Anton
- Stanton Heck as Carlo
- David Torrence as Bradshaw
- Gladys Hulette as Doris Merrick
- DeWitt Jennings as Police Inspector
References
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.289. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Mystic". Silent Era. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- ^ "The Mystic". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
External links
- The Mystic at IMDb
- The Mystic at AllMovie
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