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The Surprises of an Empty Hotel

191640mTheodore Marston

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Regular guest Francis Marchmont visiting the seaside Hotel Continental, now mostly deserted due to a diphtheria epidemic, meets and befriends a mysterious woman, "Mrs. Lucie Fairbanks," only to discover she and another woman are rivals, both common-law claimants to the fortune of his hated enemy, the late copper magnate Thomas Cadwallader Bennet, leading to a night of intrigue and mistaken identities in the empty hotel.

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What is The Surprises of an Empty Hotel (1916) about?

Regular guest Francis Marchmont visiting the seaside Hotel Continental, now mostly deserted due to a diphtheria epidemic, meets and befriends a mysterious woman, "Mrs. Lucie Fairbanks," only to discover she and another woman are rivals, both common-law claimants to the fortune of his hated enemy, the late copper magnate Thomas Cadwallader Bennet, leading to a night of intrigue and mistaken…

Who stars in The Surprises of an Empty Hotel?

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel stars Charles Richman (Francis Trehurn Marchmont), Leo Delaney (Charles Manders), Charles Eldridge (Thomas Cadwallader Bennt), William R. Dunn (Alfred the Count), Robert Gaillard (Henry Barclay). The film was directed by Theodore Marston.

How long is The Surprises of an Empty Hotel?

The Surprises of an Empty Hotel has a runtime of 40 min and premiered in 1916.

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