movie
The Master Mind
Director: Oscar Apfel , Cecil B. DeMille
Year: 1914
Plot: The defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to get revenge on the prosecutor.
Original Title:
The Master Mind
Director:
Oscar Apfel
,
Cecil B. DeMille
Writer:
Clara Beranger
,
David Daniel Cohen
Type: movie
Year: 1914
Genres: Crime, Drama
Cast:
Edmund Breese
,
Fred Montague
,
Jane Darwell
,
Dick La Reno
,
Harry Fisher
,
Mabel Van Buren
,
Richard L'Estrange
,
Monroe Salisbury
,
William Elmer
,
Baby La Reno
,
'Baby' Carmen De Rue
Countries:
United States
Languages:
None
,
English
Color Info:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
Sound Mix:
Silent
Original Air Date: 11 May 1914 (USA)
Production Companies:
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributors:
Paramount Pictures
Synopsis:
Synopsis taken from the Knoxville Journal Tribune, July 9. 1914. Knoxville, Tennessee (slightly edited)The "Master Criminal" (Edmund Breese) pursues his career of uncompromising and cruel pressure toward his purposed crushing of the District Attorney (Monroe Salisbury) who has had the temerity to secure the conviction and execution for murder of none other than the master criminal's own brother (Fred Montague). Of course the interference of providence comes at the right moment in the staying of the criminal's hand against the District Attorney. Instead of right in the form of power to meet power, a moral relenting through the power of man's love for woman, controls the final act of vengeance which the Master Criminal has planned. The conviction of the brother for murder and the final weakening of the criminal are the only moral lessons in this drama, other than what the audience gains from seeing the devious life of the underworld crook, who barely lives by wits that would win him fame and honor if used for the benefit instead of against the laws of organized society.
Miscellaneous Crew:
William C. de Mille