''The Brass Bowl'' is a lost 1924 American

mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...

directed by

Jerome Storm Jerome Storm (November 11, 1890 – July 10, 1958) was an American film director, actor, and writer. He acted in 48 films between 1914 and 1941 and directed 47 films between 1918 and 1932. He was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Desert ...

and written by Thomas Dixon Jr. It is based on the 1907 novel ''The Brass Bowl'' by

Louis Joseph Vance Louis Joseph Vance (September 19, 1879 – December 16, 1933) was an American novelist, screenwriter and film producer. He created the popular character Michael Lanyard, a criminal-turned-detective known as the Lone Wolf. Early life Louis J ...

. The film stars

Edmund Lowe Edmund Sherbourne Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Biography Lowe's childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara Coll ...

Claire Adams Claire Adams (; 24 September 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Canada, studied there and in England, and developed a movie career in Hollywood. She spent the second half of her life in Austra ...

, Jack Duffy, J. Farrell MacDonald,

Leo White Leo White (November 10, 1873 – September 20, 1948), was a German-born British-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. Biography Born in Germany to Julius White and Ida Berg White, White g ...

and Fred J. Butler. The film was released on November 16, 1924, by

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Dan Maitland (Lowe), an adventurous young wealthy chap, sees a mysterious woman leaving his apartment and finds her fingerprints on a blotter which he covers with a brass bowl. Visiting his lawyer who cautions him about the menace of a noted jewel thief, Dan again sees the young woman and follows her in his car. She meets with an accident and, in helping her, she steals his car. Dan walks to his estate and finds the girl robbing his safe. She mistakes him for the thief who is his double. Accepting the situation and trusting the girl he opens the safe and gives her the jewels. The real thief appears, and Dan captures him after a struggle but he gets away. Then follows a series of exciting situations in which Anisty poses as Maitland, confusing everybody and leading to a variety of complications which are finally straightened out when Maitland succeeds in capturing Anisty after a running fight in the elevators of an office building and declares his love for the girl who confesses she turned thief only to get papers from Maitland that would have in- criminated her father.

Cast

as Dan Maitland / Anisty *

as Sylvia * Jack Duffy as O'Hagan * J. Farrell MacDonald as Hickey *

as Taxi driver *Fred J. Butler as Bannerman

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* 1924 films 1924 mystery films Fox Film films Films directed by Jerome Storm American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American mystery films English-language mystery films {{mystery-film-stub

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