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The Million Dollar Mystery : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Million Dollar Mystery
''The Million Dollar Mystery'' is a 23-chapter film serial, released in 1914, directed by Howell Hansel, and starring Florence La Badie and James Cruze. ==Production background== The film was produced by Thanhouser Film Corporation and filmed in New Rochelle, New York. The film serial was the company's biggest success, largely due to the popularity of La Badie who performed her owns stunts. Publicity gimmicks, including a prize for the member of the public who sent in the best idea for a conclusion to the serial, were used to boost the serial's success. ''The Million Dollar Mystery'' was the new serial project from the ''Chicago Tribune'' following the success of ''The Adventures of Kathlyn''.〔 The serial was released with the gimmick that the last chapter was unwritten. Twenty two chapters were written based only on the title, while the serial was left purposefully unfinished with no final chapter. A prize of $10,000 was offered for the best suggestion (advertised as "$10,000 for 100 words").〔 Thousands of letters were received in response to this and Ida Damon, a secretary from St. Louis, won the prize.〔 In a further publicity stunt, the character Florence Hargreaves was actually reported missing. Details of the plot were fed to newspapers and the police as if they were real events. Seven days passed before this story was exposed as fiction.〔
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