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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)

Name: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1917-10-16

Plot.

A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he can write in complete seclusion. Things start heating up, though, when a succession of people who also have keys to the inn begin showing up.

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This Movie Is About.

silent film

Cast & Crew.

George M. Cohan

George Washington Magee / Theatre Play

Anna Q. Nilsson

Mary Norton

Hedda Hopper

Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)

Corene Uzzell

Mrs. Rhodes

Joseph W. Smiley

Mayor Cargan

Armand Cortes

Lou Max

Warren Cook

Thomas Hayden (as C. Warren Cook)

Purnell Pratt

John Bland

Frank Losee

Hall Bentley

Eric Hudson

Peter the Hermit

Carleton Macy

Police Chief Kennedy

Paul Everton

Langdon

Russell Bassett

Quimby

Robert Dudley

Clerk

Hugh Ford

Director

Earl Derr Biggers

Novel

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 16, 1917

Status
Released

Genres
Comedy Mystery Thriller

Wiki.

Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1917 American silent mystery/thriller film produced by George M. Cohan and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. The film is based on Cohan's 1913 play of the 1913 novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Cohan himself stars in this silent version along with Anna Q. Nilsson and Hedda Hopper, billed under her real name Elda Furry. One version of the play preceded this movie in 1916 and numerous versions followed in the succeeding decades such as the early RKO talkie starring Richard Dix.Seven Keys to Baldpate is an extant film with much home video availability.