Description:

• 3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, color tinted and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• digital
• optical
• video file
• DVD video

Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated.

Notes:

• Title from container.
• Portions of The master mystery no longer survive. This edition runs almost four hours, and bridges the missing passages with explanatory text.
• The master mystery originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Terror Island originally released as a motion picture in 1920 ; The man from beyond originally released as a motion picture in 1922 ; The grim game originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Haldane of the Secret Service originally released as a motion picture in 1923.
• Special features: DVD 1: An examination of scenes deleted by the New York Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 2: Correspondence with the NY Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 3: Filmed records of Houdini escapes (1907-ca. 1923); the illusion "Metamorphosis, " performed by Houdini's brother Hardeen; 1914 audio recording of Houdini introducing his "Water Torture Cell; " "Slippery Jim:" 1910 comedy short inspired by Houdini; image gallery; new film notes.
• The master mystery: Photographer, Wm. A. Reinhart ; original music, Stuart Oderman ; music composers and performers, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model, Stuart Oderman, Clark Wilson.
• Terror Island: Photographer, William Marshall ; art director, Wilfred Buckland ; original music composer and performer, Clark Wilson.
• The man from beyond: Original music composer and performer, Jon C. Mirsalis.
• The grim game: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.
• Haldane of the Secret Service: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.
• The master mystery: Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Jack Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Charles Graham.
• Terror Island: Harry Houdini, Lila Lee, Jack Brammall, Eugene Pallette.
• The man from beyond: Harry Houdini, Nita Naldi, Jane Connelly.
• The grim game: Harry Houdini, Ann Forrest.
• Haldane of the Secret Service: Harry Houdini, Gladys Leslie, William Humphrey.
• Silent films with musical score.

Contents:

• DVD 1: The master mystery / B.A. Rolfe presents ; Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue, authors ; Burton King, director ; produced by Octagon Films, Inc. ; released by B.A. Rolfe Productions ; [produced for video by Bret Wood] (1919 ; color tinted ; 238 min.)
• DVD 2: Terror Island / Realart Pictures presents ; by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey ; adapted for the screen by Walter Woods ; directed by James Cruze (1920 ; b&w ; 55 min.)
• The man from beyond / Houdini Picture Corporation ; [produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & produced by Harry Houdini ; directed by Burton L. King] (1922 ; color tinted ; 68 min.)
• The master mystery (Contains the conclusion of episodes 13-15, continued from DVD 1)
• DVD 3: The grim game / Licensed by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department ; written by Arthur B. Reeve and John Grey ; directed by Irving Willat (fragment ; 1919 ; color tinted ; 5 min.)
• Haldane of the Secret Service / Houdini Picture Corporation ; licensed by Cinema Arts ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & directed by Harry Houdini (1923 ; color tinted ; 84 min.).

Publisher or Distributor Number: K563

Control Number: 3106592

UPC: 738329056322

Genre: Video recordings.

Other Authors:

• B.A. Rolfe Productions.
• Burns, Jack.
• Douris UK.
• Graham, Charles E., 1897-1943.
• Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
• Kino International Corporation.
• Lee, Lila.
• Marsh, Marguerite, 1892-1925.
• Octagon Films, Inc.
• Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
• Realart Pictures Corp.
• Stonehouse, Ruth, 1893-1941.