The Black Spider
Also known as [Foolish Monte Carlo]
(1920) England
B&W : Six reels / 5800 feet
Directed by William J. Humphrey
Cast: Lydia Kyasht [Angela Carfour], Bertram Burleigh [Archie Lowndes], Sam Livesey [Regina Conway], Ronald Colman [Vicomte de Beaurais], Betty Hall [Irene Carfour], C. Hayden Coffin [Lord Carfour], Adeline Coffin (Adeline Hayden Coffin) [Lady Carfour], Mary Clare [?] [Coralie Mount or Angela Brentwood]?, Dorothy Cecil [Marjorie West], [?] Robert Corbins?
[?] British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, Limited, or B&C Shows, Limited? production; distributed by [?] Butcher’s Kinemagraphic Distributors, Limited or Butcher’s Film Service, Limited? / Produced by Edward Godal. Scenario by George Edwardes-Hall and William J. Humphrey, from the novel The Black Spider by Carlton Dawe. / Released May 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / This was Colman’s last British film before leaving for Hollywood. The film was released in the USA as Foolish Monte Carlo by Wid Gunning, Incorporated, on 13 May 1920.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Theft - Criminals: Thieves - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives
Listing updated: 9 January 2025.
References: Gifford-British n. 06917; Quirk-Colman pp. 14, 29-30; Smith-Colman pp. 6, 15-17 : Website-IMDb.
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