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Entertainment Memorabilia

Wed, Mar 7, 2018 05:30AM EST
Lot 345

The Mysteries of Myra.

Estimate: $500 - $700

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The Mysteries of Myra. New York: Pathe, 1916. Fourteen lobby cards, nine from Chapter 3, including title card; and five, including title card, from Chapter 4. Hereward Carrington wrote the story and his friend Harry Houdini was believed to have assisted with the effects in this now-lost silent serial. This remains controversial. Starring Jean Sothern and Howard Estabrook the story line, has been summarized in Pulp Reader, in part, as follows: ?Beware the Black Order! So comes the warning from the spirit of Myra Maynard?s father, who reaches out to her from beyond the grave to warn her of danger from the masters of the occult arts ? Only the world?s first psychic detective, Dr. Payson Alden, and his friend Haji the Brahman mystic, can save clairvoyant Myra from the terrors of The Grand Master??. 8 x 10?. Some soiling on a few cards, and pinholes at top and bottom from posting, but generally very good. Rare.