| The Hordern Mystery | |
| Director: | Harry Southwell |
| Producer: | Harry Southwell |
| Based On: | novel by Edmund Finn |
| Starring: | Claude Turton Flo Little |
| Cinematography: | Tasman Higgins |
| Studio: | Southwell Screen Plays |
| Runtime: | 5,600 feet |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Country: | Australia |
The Hordern Mystery is a 1920 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on an 1889 novel by Edmund Finn (son of Edmund Finn). Unlike many Australian silent films, it still survives today.
Money-hungry Gilbert Hordern is married to an adoring wife and has a child. He pretends to be his own evil twin brother so he can marry a millionaire's daughter. He succeeds but is wracked with guilt and confesses. He wakes up and realises it was all a dream.
The film was shot in suburban Sydney in mid 1920 under the title The Golden Flame. Commercial reception appears to have been poor.[1]