The Black Secret
Ad for film with Pearl White
Directed byGeorge B. Seitz
Written byRobert W. Chambers
Bertram Millhauser
Produced byGeorge B. Seitz
StarringPearl White
Walter McGrail
Production
company
George Seitz Productions
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • November 9, 1919 (1919-11-09)
Running time
15 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Black Secret is a 1919 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film was recorded in both Fort Lee, New Jersey, as well as in the nearby Hudson Palisades. Recording took place during a time when many of the early 20th century film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there.[1][2][3]

The film is currently considered to be lost.[4] However, a portion survives, and, in 2021, was digitized and released by a YouTube channel based in the United Kingdom.[5]

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Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
  2. ^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
  4. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Black Secret". Silent Era. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  5. ^ "Newly Discovered Footage of "The Black Secret" (1919) Starring Pearl White", YouTube, July 9, 2021.

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