The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel and based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players–Lasky banner.
Plot
Somewhere in Spain, Princess Maria Theresa is examining her jewels one day when she accidentally drops a casket causing a secret compartment to open. Within this compartment, she finds an old piece of paper that describes a locket containing a map of a mysterious location. The Princess assumes that it is the way to the Aragon family’s lost treasure. She attempts to locate the locket but concludes that it has been stolen. Her maid, Carmencita stole the locket and sold it to an American art dealer named Gains.
More details
| author | Cecil B. DeMille Oscar Apfel |
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| director | Cecil B. DeMille Oscar Apfel |
| genre | drama horror |
| keywords | american art art dealer fake ghost fall happen kill lost treasure new york new york city spain stab suit of armor their way trying to escape wait |
| producer | Jesse L. Lasky |
| publisher | Famous Players–Lasky Paramount Pictures |