- The Unknown Purple
"The Unknown Purple" is a 1923 stage-play-based, science-fiction genre,
silent film , written and directed byRoland West . The film could probably be the first dealing with the subject ofinvisibility and might have been based upon the novel "The Invisible Man " byH.G. Wells .Plot
After his release from prison, an inventor develops an eerie purple light that renders him invisible, enabling him to seek revenge on his unfaithful wife and his crooked partner.
Cast
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Henry B. Walthall
*Alice Lake
*Stuart Holmes
*Helen Ferguson
*Frankie Lee
*Dorothy Phillips
*Ethel Grey Terry
*James Morrison
*Johnny Arthur
*Richard Wayne
*Brinsley Shaw
*Mike Dinlin External links
*imdb title|id=0014569|title=The Unknown Purple
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