| Seven Keys to Baldpate | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Seven_Keys_to_Baldpate_-_WILLIAM_HALOWELL_MAGEE_(DOUGLAS_MacLEAN)_ARRIVES_AT_MYSTERIOUS_BALDPATE.jpg) Producer-star Douglas MacLean in Seven Keys to Baldpate | |
| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Written by | Wade Boteler (scenario) Frank Griffin (scenario) |
| Based on | Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers (1913 novel) and George M. Cohan (1913 play) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky Douglas MacLean |
| Starring | Douglas MacLean |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 66 minutes; 7 reels (6,648 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Seven Keys to Baldpate is a lost 1925 American silent comedy mystery film based on the 1913 mystery novel by Earl Derr Biggers and 1913 play by George M. Cohan. Previously made in Australia in 1916 [1] and by Paramount in 1917, this version was produced by, and starred, Douglas MacLean and was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer (who later directed Our Gang shorts). Out of seven film adaptations of the story made between 1916 and 1983, this version is the only one that is now considered lost.[2][3][4] The story was remade again later in 1929, 1935, 1946 (TV movie), and 1947. It was also remade in 1983 under the title House of the Long Shadows, featuring John Carradine, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, and Christopher Lee.[5]
- ^ "Amusements". Daily Advertiser. May 31, 1916.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Seven Keys to Baldpate at silentera.com
- ^ Seven Keys to Baldpate at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1925
- ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.