The Master Mind (1914 film)

1914 film by Cecil B. DeMille, Oscar Apfel

May 11, 1914 (1914-05-11)

CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Master Mind is a 1914 American silent crime/drama film released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille and stars Edmund Breese. The film is based on the play of the same name by Daniel D. Carter.^[1]

Overview

The plot revolves around a defense attorney who, unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man, concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the prosecutor.

Cast

Edmund Breese as Richard Allen
Fred Montague as Henry Allen
Jane Darwell as Milwaukee Sadie
Dick La Reno as Blount
Harry Fisher as Diamond Willie
Mabel Van Buren as Lucine, Three-Arm Fanny
Richard La Strang as Safe Blower
Monroe Salisbury as District attorney
Billy Elmer as Creegan

Preservation

With no prints of The Master Mind located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]

References

^ The Master Mind at silentera.com
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Master Mind

External links

The Master Mind at IMDb

Films directed by Oscar Apfel

Brewster's Millions (1914)
The Call of the North (1914)
The Ghost Breaker (1914)
The Circus Man (1914)
The Man on the Box (1914)
The Master Mind (1914)
The Making of Bobby Burnit (1914)
The Squaw Man (1914)
The Only Son (1914)
After Five (1915)
The Little Gypsy (1915)
The Rug Maker's Daughter (1915)
Snobs (1915)
Kilmeny (1915)
Peer Gynt (1915)
A Soldier's Oath (1915)
The Wild Olive (1915)
The Fires of Conscience (1916)
The Battle of Hearts (1916)
The Man from Bitter Roots (1916)
A Man of Sorrow (1916)
The Interloper (1918)
The Turn of a Card (1918)
Merely Players (1918)
A Man's Man (1918)
Tinsel (1918)
Mandarin's Gold (1919)
Phil for Short (1919)
The Rough Neck (1919)
Ravished Armenia (1919)
Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921)
The Man Who Paid (1922)
Bulldog Drummond (1922)
In Search of a Thrill (1923)
The Lion's Mouse (1923)
The Social Code (1923)
The Heart Bandit (1924)
The Trail of the Law (1924)
Borrowed Finery (1925)
The Thoroughbred (1925)
The Sporting Chance (1925)
The Call of the Klondike (1926)
Somebody's Mother (1926)
The Last Alarm (1926)

v t e Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Silent	The Squaw Man (1914) Brewster's Millions (1914) The Master Mind (1914) The Only Son (1914) The Man on the Box (1914) The Call of the North (1914) The Virginian (1914) What's His Name (1914) The Man from Home (1914) Rose of the Rancho (1914) The Ghost Breaker (1914) The Girl of the Golden West (1915) After Five (1915) The Warrens of Virginia (1915) The Unafraid (1915) The Captive (1915) The Wild Goose Chase (1915) The Arab (1915) Chimmie Fadden (1915) Kindling (1915) Carmen (1915) Chimmie Fadden Out West (1915) The Cheat (1915) Temptation (1915) The Golden Chance (1915) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916) The Heart of Nora Flynn (1916) Maria Rosa (1916) The Dream Girl (1916) Joan the Woman (1916) A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) The Little American (1917) The Woman God Forgot (1917) Nan of Music Mountain (1917) The Devil-Stone (1917) The Whispering Chorus (1918) Old Wives for New (1918) We Can't Have Everything (1918) Till I Come Back to You (1918) The Squaw Man (1918) Don't Change Your Husband (1919) For Better, for Worse (1919) Male and Female (1919) Why Change Your Wife? (1920) Something to Think About (1920) Forbidden Fruit (1921) The Affairs of Anatol (1921) Fool's Paradise (1921) Saturday Night (1922) Manslaughter (1922) Adam's Rib (1923) The Ten Commandments (1923) Triumph (1924) Feet of Clay (1924) The Golden Bed (1925) The Road to Yesterday (1925) The Volga Boatman (1926) The King of Kings (1927) Walking Back (1928) The Godless Girl (1928)
Sound	Dynamite (1929) Madam Satan (1930) The Squaw Man (1931) The Sign of the Cross (1932) This Day and Age (1933) Four Frightened People (1934) Cleopatra (1934) The Crusades (1935) The Plainsman (1936) The Buccaneer (1938) Union Pacific (1939) North West Mounted Police (1940) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) Unconquered (1947) Samson and Delilah (1949) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) The Ten Commandments (1956)

Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

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