The Hillcrest Mystery

The Hillcrest Mystery
The Hillcrest Mystery
	Lobby card
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Ouida Bergère
Starring	Irene Castle
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production; company	Astra Film Corp.
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	March 24, 1918;
Running time	5 reels
Country	USA
Language	Silent..English titles

The Hillcrest Mystery is a 1918 silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Castle. The film was released by Pathé Exchange in March 1918, only a month following the untimely death of Irene Castle's husband and dance partner, Vernon Castle in an airplane accident.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Irene Castle - Marion Sterling
J. H. Gilmour - Thomas Sterling
Ralph Kellard - Gordon Brett
Wyndham Standing - Hugo Smith
DeWitt Jennings - Tom Cameron

Preservation

With no prints of The Hillcrest Mystery located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Hillcrest Mystery". afi.com. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Hillcrest Mystery". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

External links

The Hillcrest Mystery at IMDb
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[afi-1] "The Hillcrest Mystery". afi.com. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

[American_Silent_Feature_Film_Database-2] "American Silent Feature Film Database: The Hillcrest Mystery". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

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