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The Mystery of the Sea View Hotel (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Mystery of the Sea View Hotel (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

What is the mystery of the perfumed handkerchief? In spite of every precaution taken by the Sea View Hotel management, robberies persist among the guests, and after each robbery a delicate handkerchief, strangely perfumed, remains behind ...See moreWhat is the mystery of the perfumed handkerchief? In spite of every precaution taken by the Sea View Hotel management, robberies persist among the guests, and after each robbery a delicate handkerchief, strangely perfumed, remains behind as a baffling clue. Occasionally there are cigar butts of some special manufacture left behind, and on other occasions ladies' gloves, men's ties, etc., but it is the perfumed handkerchiefs which create the stir and wonderment among guests and detectives. When their own efforts have failed to detect the criminal, Ben Wilson, amateur detective and friend of the manager, is called and he takes up the task of clearing up the mystery and bringing the criminal to justice. When Ben takes up the case of the Sea View Hotel, he is particularly struck with the mystery of the various handkerchiefs each perfumed with the same distinctive odor. The proprietor of the hotel suspects a certain young lady guests, though he has no direct proof of her guilt. However, she is pointed out and introduced to Ben. He begins immediately to cultivate her friendship. But in his pursuit of clues he finds that the trails lead in many directions. He suspects not only every one of the guests who acts out of the ordinary, but is led finally to mistrust his friend the proprietor. Later, he is approached twice, when off his guard, by a queer character dressed in a monk's robe and cowl and fully masked. On the first visit the figure wears a pair of woman's dancing shoes; during the second, it wears man's shoes. These visits are made to him in his own rooms at night by someone capable of easy ingress and egress, and are in the nature of warning. Having made a close study of the monk's footwear, Ben is led to associate them with, and believes them to belong to the young woman guest. under suspicion and to her friend, a gentleman of the hotel who appears constantly with her. But he runs his clues to the earth without satisfying results. He is pondering the question of whether or not his friend can be the thief, when an attack is made upon his life. For the moment it settles all doubt in his mind. He decides to quit the hotel. On second thought, however, he resolves to go to the bottom of the mystery. It is a matter of personal satisfaction. Securing the services of a female detective, Ben returns to the hotel under disguise with her. Ben prepares a trap. It is in the nature of a fake diamond necklace which is featured, the first evening, around the female detective's fair neck. That night the thief takes the bait and the trap is sprung. However, who the thief is remains, for the time being, a mystery until unmasked before your eyes. Incidentally he proves to be a victim of kleptomania. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Ben F. Wilson The Detective (as Ben Wilson) The Detective (as Ben Wilson) See fewer	The Power God (1925)
Frances Nelson Actress Actress See fewer	So Runs the Way (1913)

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