Madame Mystery
ROLLICKING SATIRE OF THE "VAMP"
1926 · 25 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Directed by Richard Wallace · Written by Carl Harbaugh
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Theda Bara Madame Mysterieux -
Tyler Brooke Hungry Artist -
James Finlayson Struggling Author -
Oliver Hardy Captain Schmaltz -
Fred Malatesta Man of a Thousand Eyes -
Martha Sleeper -
Sammy Brooks -
Helen Gilmore -
William Gillespie - R R.E. Madeson
- M Marguerite Gonzalez
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