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The Black Pearl
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / [?] 5134 or 5261? feet
Directed by Scott Pembroke

Cast: Lila Lee [Eugenie Bromley], Ray Hallor [Robert Lathrop], Carlton Stockdale (Carl Stockdale) [Ethelbert / Bertram Chisolm], Howard Lorenz [Doctor Drake], Adele Watson [Sarah Runyan], Thomas A. Curran [Silas Lathrop], Sybil Grove [Miss Sheen], Lew Short [Eugene Bromley], George French (George B. French) [Stephen Runyan], Baldy Belmont (Joseph Belmont) [Wiggenbottom], Art Rowlands [Claude Lathrop]

Trem Carr Productions production; distributed by Rayart Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Arthur Hoerl, from the novel The Black Pearl by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. Cinematography by Hap Depew. Film editor, J.S. Harrington. Intertitles written by Arthur Hoerl. / Released 18 December 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Mystery.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: FilmDaily-19290104 p. 12 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.