# The Black Secret > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Black_Secret > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Black_Secret.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Secret > Source revision: 1339531027 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1919 film The Black Secret Ad for film with Pearl White Directed by George B. Seitz Written by Robert W. Chambers Bertram Millhauser Produced by George B. Seitz Starring Pearl White Walter McGrail Production company George Seitz Productions Distributed by Pathé Exchange Release date November 9, 1919 (1919-11-09) Running time 15 episodes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***The Black Secret*** is a 1919 American [adventure](/source/Adventure_film) [film serial](/source/Film_serial) directed by [George B. Seitz](/source/George_B._Seitz). The film was recorded in both [Fort Lee, New Jersey](/source/Fort_Lee%2C_New_Jersey), as well as in the nearby [Hudson Palisades](/source/Hudson_Palisades). Recording took place during a time when many of the early 20th century [film studios](/source/Film_studio) in [America's first motion picture industry](/source/America's_first_motion_picture_industry) were based there.[1][2][3] The film is currently considered to be [lost](/source/Lost_film).[4] However, a portion survives, and, in 2021, was digitized and released by a YouTube channel based in the United Kingdom.[5] Lobby card ## Cast - [Pearl White](/source/Pearl_White) as Evelyn Ereth - [Walter McGrail](/source/Walter_McGrail) as Ray McKay - Wallace McCutcheon Jr. as Frederick - [George B. Seitz](/source/George_B._Seitz) - [Henry G. Sell](/source/Henry_G._Sell) - Marjorie Milton - [Harry Semels](/source/Harry_Semels) - Francis Wightwick ## See also - [List of film serials](/source/List_of_film_serials) - [List of film serials by studio](/source/List_of_film_serials_by_studio) - [List of incomplete or partially lost films](/source/List_of_incomplete_or_partially_lost_films) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Koszarski, Richard (2004), [*Fort Lee: The Film Town*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5w0r8YKan04C&q=Fort+Lee:+the+film+town+Door+Richard+Koszarski), Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86196-653-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86196-653-8) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Studios and Films"](http://www.fortleefilm.org/studios.html). Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved May 30, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), [*Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ViR3b72xkK0C&q=Fort+Lee+Birthplace+of+the+Motion+Picture+Industry), Arcadia Publishing, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7385-4501-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7385-4501-5) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-silentera_4-0)** ["Progressive Silent Film List: *The Black Secret*"](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BlackSecret1919.html). *Silent Era*. Retrieved February 24, 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[Newly Discovered Footage of "The Black Secret" (1919) Starring Pearl White](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3MVCg7aQg)", YouTube, July 9, 2021. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [The Black Secret](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Black_Secret). - [*The Black Secret*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009936/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Newly Discovered Footage of "The Black Secret" (1919) Starring Pearl White](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ3MVCg7aQg) v t e Films directed by George B. Seitz 1910s The Exploits of Elaine (1914) The Romance of Elaine (1915) The Iron Claw (1916) The Fatal Ring (1917) The House of Hate (1918) The Lightning Raider (1919) Bound and Gagged (1919) The Black Secret (1919) 1920s Pirate Gold (1920) Velvet Fingers (1920) Rogues and Romance (1920) The Sky Ranger (1921) Hurricane Hutch (1921) Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922) Speed (1922) Plunder (1923) The Way of a Man (1924) Leatherstocking (1924) The Fortieth Door (1924) Into the Net (1924) Galloping Hoofs (1924) Sunken Silver (1925) Wild Horse Mesa (1925) The Vanishing American (1925) Desert Gold (1926) The Last Frontier (1926) The Ice Flood (1926) Pals in Paradise (1926) Jim, the Conqueror (1926) The Blood Ship (1927) Great Mail Robbery (1927) The Isle of Forgotten Women (1927) The Tigress (1927) The Warning (1927) After the Storm (1928) Ransom (1928) Beware of Blondes (1928) Court-Martial (1928) The Circus Kid (1928) Blockade (1928) Hey Rube! (1928) Black Magic (1929) 1930s Murder on the Roof (1930) Guilty? (1930) Midnight Mystery (1930) Danger Lights (1930) The Lion and the Lamb (1931) The Drums of Jeopardy (1931) Arizona (1931) Shanghaied Love (1931) Night Beat (1931) Sally of the Subway (1932) Temptation's Workshop (1932) Docks of San Francisco (1932) Sin's Pay Day (1932) Passport to Paradise (1932) The Widow in Scarlet (1933) Treason (1933) The Thrill Hunter (1933) The Women in His Life (1933) Lazy River (1934) The Fighting Ranger (1934) Buried Loot (1935) Society Doctor (1935) Shadow of Doubt (1935) Times Square Lady (1935) Calm Yourself (1935) Woman Wanted (1935) Kind Lady (1935) Exclusive Story (1936) Absolute Quiet (1936) The Three Wise Guys (1936) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) Tarzan Escapes (1936) Mad Holiday (1936) Under Cover of Night (1937) Mama Steps Out (1937) A Family Affair (1937) The Thirteenth Chair (1937) Between Two Women (1937) My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) You're Only Young Once (1937) Judge Hardy's Children (1938) Yellow Jack (1938) Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Out West with the Hardys (1938) The Hardys Ride High (1939) 6,000 Enemies (1939) Thunder Afloat (1939) Judge Hardy and Son (1939) 1940s Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) Kit Carson (1940) Sky Murder (1940) Gallant Sons (1940) Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941) A Yank on the Burma Road (1942) The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) Pierre of the Plains (1942) Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944) {{}} This article about a 1910s adventure film is a stub. 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