The Mystery Of 13

Name: The Mystery Of 13
Director: Francis Ford
Genre: Action
Released: 1919
Cast: Francis Ford, Rosemary Theby, Nigel De Brulier, Ruth Maurice, Peter Gerald

1919 Action 15 chapters Directed by Francis Ford

About The Mystery Of 13

Francis Ford plays both detective Phil Kelly and Jim Kelly in this 15-chapter serial. Marian Green (Rosemary Theby) is the woman beside him. A map to a hidden treasure puts them against a criminal circle called the 13, led in the cast list by Hugo Madiz (Peter Gerald). The chapters run from "Bitter Bondage" to "The 13th Card," with stops titled "The Submarine Gardens," "Pirate Loot," and "Brother Against Brother."

Cast & crew

More about The Mystery Of 13

Ford directed. John B. Clymer wrote the scenario from a story by Elsie Van Name. Louis Burston produced and presented it. It was announced at 18 reels and released as 15 chapters of two reels each, 30 reels, starting in August 1919, on a states-rights basis through W. H. Productions. Portugal saw it from 14 March 1921 as O Mistério dos 13. Finland got it in 1922.

Themes

a treasure map
a numbered criminal circle
brothers on opposite sides
serial
Phil Kelly
the 13
treasure map
Francis Ford

Background

A states-rights serial of 1919, sold chapter by chapter rather than through a national distributor.

Music

Silent, with English intertitles.

Preservation

Incomplete prints survive.

Notes

Nigel De Brulier plays Raoul Ferrar. Mark Fenton plays John Green. Elsie Van Name also acts, as Edith.
Philip Ford, the director's son, plays Butts.
Chapter 6 was sold as "Single Handed" or "Singled Hand.
Silent Era records incomplete positive prints.