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  • The Secret of Black Mountain (1917)
  • Short | 40 min | Short, Western
The Secret of Black Mountain (1917)
Short | 40 min | Short, Western

In search of information about her grandfather, gold prospector Jim Vale, Miriam Vale comes to California and teaches school to defray her expenses. She learns that years ago Vale was robbed and killed by road agents and that suspicion ...See moreIn search of information about her grandfather, gold prospector Jim Vale, Miriam Vale comes to California and teaches school to defray her expenses. She learns that years ago Vale was robbed and killed by road agents and that suspicion fell upon Henry Stanley, although nothing could be proved. Uncovering no other information, Miriam is about to return to Vermont when she is accosted by a strange man who orders her to accompany him to his cabin where a woman lays injured. Miriam finds the dying woman and also a dead man. The woman tells Miriam that she has been beaten by her husband, Ed Stanley, and begs her to look under a stone in the fireplace. Miriam learns that her abductor is Blake Stanley, Ed's cousin. Ed returns and orders Blake to leave. In the fight that follows, Ed is badly wounded, and Blake then tells Miriam the story of the death of Henry Stanley and the disappearance of the papers containing the secret of her grandfather's treasure. Relieved by Blake's story, Miriam produces the treasure map that she found under the fireplace, and together they set out to recover her grandfather's gold. See less
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Jackson Gregory (story)
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Updated Sep 21, 1917

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Sep 21, 1917 (United States)

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11 cast members
Name Known for
Vola Vale
Miriam Vale Miriam Vale   See fewer
Philo McCullough
Blake Stanley Blake Stanley   See fewer
Charles Dudley
Ed Stanley Ed Stanley   See fewer
Frank Austin
George Cooper (as George Austin) George Cooper (as George Austin)   See fewer
Mignon Le Brun
Sarah Stanley Sarah Stanley   See fewer
J.B. Warner
HenryStanley (as James Warner) HenryStanley (as James Warner)   See fewer
Louis King
Jake DeWitt (as Lewis King) Jake DeWitt (as Lewis King)   See fewer
Jack McLaughlin
Jim Vale Jim Vale   See fewer
Gibson Gowland
Jack Rance (as T.H. Gibson Gowland) Jack Rance (as T.H. Gibson Gowland)   See fewer
H.C. Russell
Old Bill Old Bill   See fewer
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