The Black Spider (1920 film)

The Black Spider
Directed byWilliam Humphrey
Produced byEdward Godal
Written byCarlton Dawe (novel)
George Edwardes-Hall
William Humphrey
StarringMary Clare
Bertram Burleigh
Ronald Colman
CinematographyWilliam Shenton
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation (US)
Release date
May 1920
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Black Spider is a 1920 British silent mystery film directed by William Humphrey and starring Mary Clare, Bertram Burleigh and Ronald Colman.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1911 novel of the same title by Carlton Dawe. The film was partly shot on location in Monte Carlo.

Synopsis

A series of robberies have been committed against wealthy inhabitants of Monaco by a thief known as 'The Black Spider'. A young woman steals her aunt's jewels as a joke, pretending to be the Black Spider, but a detective is soon on her trail.

Cast

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Smith, R. Dixon. Ronald Colman, gentleman of the cinema: a biography and filmography. McFarland, 1991.

References

  1. ^ Smith p.16

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