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The Purple Cipher

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The Purple Cipher
Directed byChester Bennett
Written byJ. Grubb Alexander
Based onThe Purple Hieroglyph by Murray Leinster
Produced byAlbert E. Smith
StarringEarle Williams
Vola Vale
Ernest Shields
CinematographyJack MacKenzie
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • October 11, 1920 (1920-10-11)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Purple Cipher is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story The Purple Hieroglyph by Murray Leinster.[1] The story was adapted twice more in the sound era as Murder Will Out (1930) and Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939).

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References

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  1. ^ Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans p.41

Bibliography

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  • Billee J. Stallings & Jo-an J. Evans. Murray Leinster: The Life and Works. McFarland, 2011.
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