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Episode 1: "The Black Mask" John Perriton was unmistakably a good fellow. He was never one to spoil a party with a long face and an absence of joviality, nor was he at all likely to break up any sort of festivity by leaving early. A few people shook their heads gravely, and said that he was hitting the pace entirely too hard and that he would certainly kill himself if he didn't cut down on his liquor, but most of the world accepted him cordially on his own estimation as a man's man. Perriton loved Mary Wales almost as much as he loved himself, which is to say that he was not ready to settle down yet for her sake. Mary's brother, Nelson, was a weak, helpless individual, who was always in hot water. On the night of the masked ball, he came to Perriton, and asked him for help in one or two matters. He needed money very badly. To make matters worse, he had forged his sister's name to a check. The long and the short of the whole business was that Nelson must have $75,000 by the next ...

The individual chapter titles and corresponding release dates (first and third Tuesdays of each month) are as follows: #1: The Black Mask (7 April 1914); #2: A Hunted Animal (21 April 1914); #3: The Double Cross (5 May 1914); #4: The Light on the Wall (19 May 1914); #5: With His Hands (2 June 1914); #6: The Gap (16 June 1914); #7: Face to Face (7 July 1914); #8: A Matter of Minutes (21 July 1914); #9: The Living Dead (4 August 1914); #10: By the Aid of a Film (18 August 1914).

The film is lost as no copy of it is known to exist.


Cast overview, first billed only:
Marc McDermott Marc McDermott - John Perriton
Barry O'Moore Barry O'Moore - Nelson Wales
Miriam Nesbitt Miriam Nesbitt - Mary Wales
Marjorie Ellison Marjorie Ellison - Jennie
Cora Williams Cora Williams - Jennie's Mother
Harry B. Eytinge Harry B. Eytinge - Lawyer Lipmann (as Harry Eytinge)
Charles Ogle Charles Ogle - Miens / Biceps
Harry Mason Harry Mason - The Detective
T. Tamamoto T. Tamamoto - Opium Den Keeper [Ch. 2]
Duncan McRae Duncan McRae - Secondary Role [ch. 2]
Margaret McWade Margaret McWade - Landlady [Ch. 4]
Horace Newman Horace Newman - Henry Horn [Ch. 4-7]
Harry Linson Harry Linson - President Carter of the Construction Company [Ch. 5-7]
Joseph Manning Joseph Manning - Earle - Superintendent of the Construction Company [Ch. 5-7]
John Quinn John Quinn - The Butler
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