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The Diamond Master
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Serial / Ten chapters / 20 reels
Directed by Jack Nelson

Cast: Hayden Stevenson [Mark Van Cortland Wynne], Louise Lorraine [Doris Kilner], Al Hart [Randolph Latham], Monty Montague [the Wynne servant], Louis Stern [John Killner], Walter Maly

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / From the short story “The Diamond Master” by Jacques Futrelle. / Ten chapters (two reels each): [1] “The Secret of the Night,” released 3 February 1929; [2] “The Diamond of Death,” released 10 February 1929; [3] “The Tunnel of Terror,” released 17 February 1929; [4] “Trapped,” released 24 February 1929; [5] “The Diamond Machine,” released 3 March 1929; [6] “The Wolf Pack,” released 10 March 1929; [7] “The Death Trap,” released 17 March 1929; [8] “Into the Flames,” released 24 March 1929; [9] “The Last Stand,” released 31 March 1929; [10] “The Reckoning,” released 7 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The story was previously filmed as The Diamond Queen (1921). / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Serials

Listing updated: 5 May 2020.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 271, 284 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.