The Unknown Purple (1923) on Netflix
Inventor Peter Marchmont has found a purple light that turns whoever uses it invisible. Framed for theft by his wife Jewel and her partner James Dawson, he leaves prison set on revenge.
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Plot summary
Peter Marchmont, an inventor, has discovered a purple light that makes anyone who stands in it invisible. His wife Jewel and her partner in business, James Dawson, arrange for him to be convicted of theft, and he goes to prison for a crime he did not commit. Once he is free, Marchmont keeps his identity hidden under the name Victor Cromport and goes looking for the two of them. He carries the light with him, and turned on himself it lets him move among them unseen. He sets out to ruin Dawson and to come near Jewel again, keeping from both of them who he really is.
Cast
- Richard Wayneas George Allison
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Unknown Purple (1923)
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- Comedian Johnny Arthur made his feature-length debut in The Unknown Purple, the lost 1923 silent mystery film by Roland West.
