Produced on recordable (DVD-R or DVD+R) media. Based on the play by George M. Cohan ; adapted from the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. George M. Cohan, Anna Q. Nilsson, Elda Furry [Hedda Hopper], Corene Uzzell, Joseph W. Smiley, Armand Cortes, C. Warren Cook, Purnell Pratt, Frank Losee, Eric Hudson, Carlton Macy, Paul Everton, Russell Bassett, Robert Dudley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1917. Credits from imdb.com (summary page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008561/?ref_=nv_sr_2) viewed July 3, 2018.
Summary:
The incomparable George M. Cohan stars in the 1917 screen version of the hit Broadway play he adapted from the classic novel by Earl Derr Biggers (creator of Charlie Chan). Having just penned another best-selling novel, George Washington Magee is "the man of the hour." Magee accepts a $5,000 wager that he can write another best-seller in 24 hours. Seeking solitude, he checks into Baldpate Inn, a remote manor located in the sleepy town of Asquewan Falls, but almost immediately strangers unexpectedly begin turning up, one after the other, including newspaper reporter Mary Norton, who's trying to interview him. Having assumed he would be alone, Magee is suspicious. This is no mere coincidence. Something clearly is afoot. Now, instead of writing a mystery, Magee is living one -- a mystery beyond anything he could have dreamed up.
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