The Black Secret Explained

The Black Secret
Director:	George B. Seitz
Producer:	George B. Seitz
Starring:	Pearl White Walter McGrail
Studio:	George Seitz Productions
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	15 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Black Secret is a 1919 American adventure film serial directed by George B. Seitz. The film was recorded in both Fort Lee, New Jersey, as well as in the nearby Hudson Palisades. Recording took place during a time when many of the early 20th century film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there.^[1]

The film is currently considered to be lost.^[2] However, a portion survives, and, in 2021, was digitized and released by a YouTube channel based in the United Kingdom.^[3]

Cast

• Pearl White as Evelyn Ereth
• Walter McGrail as Ray McKay
• Wallace McCutcheon Jr. as Frederick
• George B. Seitz
• Henry G. Sell
• Marjorie Milton
• Harry Semels
• Francis Wightwick

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of incomplete or partially lost films

External links

• • Newly Discovered Footage of "The Black Secret" (1919) Starring Pearl White

Notes and References

1. Web site: Studios and Films . Fort Lee Film Commission . May 30, 2011.
2. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Black Secret . February 24, 2008. Silent Era.
3. "Newly Discovered Footage of "The Black Secret" (1919) Starring Pearl White", YouTube, July 9, 2021.