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Portions of The master mystery no longer survive. This edition runs almost four hours, and bridges the missing passages with explanatory text.

The master mystery originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Terror Island originally released as a motion picture in 1920 ; The man from beyond originally released as a motion picture in 1922 ; The grim game originally released as a motion picture in 1919 ; Haldane of the Secret Service originally released as a motion picture in 1923.

Special features: DVD 1: An examination of scenes deleted by the New York Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 2: Correspondence with the NY Censor Board; image gallery; new film notes ; DVD 3: Filmed records of Houdini escapes (1907-ca. 1923); the illusion "Metamorphosis," performed by Houdini's brother Hardeen; 1914 audio recording of Houdini introducing his "Water Torture Cell;" "Slippery Jim:" 1910 comedy short inspired by Houdini; image gallery; new film notes.

The master mystery: Photographer, Wm. A. Reinhart ; original music, Stuart Oderman ; music composers and performers, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model, Stuart Oderman, Clark Wilson.

Terror Island: Photographer, William Marshall ; art director, Wilfred Buckland ; original music composer and performer, Clark Wilson.

The man from beyond: Original music composer and performer, Jon C. Mirsalis.

The grim game: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.

Haldane of the Secret Service: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.

Silent films with musical score.

The master mystery: Quentin Locke infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbared wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound in an elaborate Oriental torture chamber.

Terror Island: A swashbuckling inventor steers his high-tech submarine to a forbidden tropical isle to rescue the father of the woman he loves.

The man from beyond: Howard Hillary is a man frozen in the Arctic. He returns to civilization 100 years later to reclaim the love of his live, reincarnated in the body of a young woman.

Haldane of the Secret Service: Heath Haldane is an undercover operative assigned to infiltrate a band of counterfeiters within the dark alleys of New York's Chinatown.

The grim game: Cameras captured an unplanned incident: two planes colliding in mid-air. The footage was so spectacular that the script was revised to integrate it into the plot.

The master mystery: Photographer, Wm. A. Reinhart ; original music, Stuart Oderman ; music composers and performers, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model, Stuart Oderman, Clark Wilson.

Terror Island: Photographer, William Marshall ; art director, Wilfred Buckland ; original music composer and performer, Clark Wilson.

The man from beyond: Original music composer and performer, Jon C. Mirsalis.

The grim game: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.

Haldane of the Secret Service: Original music composer and performer, Ben Model.

The master mystery: Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Jack Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Charles Graham.

Terror Island: Harry Houdini, Lila Lee, Jack Brammall, Eugene Pallette.

The man from beyond: Harry Houdini, Nita Naldi, Jane Connelly.

The grim game: Harry Houdini, Ann Forrest.

Haldane of the Secret Service: Harry Houdini, Gladys Leslie, William Humphrey.

DVD 1: The master mystery / B.A. Rolfe presents ; Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue, authors ; Burton King, director ; produced by Octagon Films, Inc. ; released by B.A. Rolfe Productions ; [produced for video by Bret Wood] (1919 ; color tinted ; 238 min.)

DVD 2: Terror Island / Realart Pictures presents ; by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey ; adapted for the screen by Walter Woods ; directed by James Cruze (1920 ; b&w ; 55 min.) ; The man from beyond / Houdini Picture Corporation ; [produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & produced by Harry Houdini ; directed by Burton L. King] (1922 ; color tinted ; 68 min.)

DVD 3: The grim game / Licensed by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department ; written by Arthur B. Reeve and John Grey ; directed by Irving Willat (fragment ; 1919 ; color tinted ; 5 min.) ; Haldane of the Secret Service / Houdini Picture Corporation ; licensed by Cinema Arts ; produced for video by Bret Wood ; written & directed by Harry Houdini (1923 ; color tinted ; 84 min.).

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