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George Kotsonaros (left) and Gustav von Seyffertitz.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Wizard
Also known as El Brujo in Spain
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5629 feet
Directed by Richard Rosson
Cast: Edmund Lowe [Stanley Gordon], Leila Hyams [Anne Webster], Gustav von Seyffertitz [Doctor Paul Coriolos], E.H. Calvert [Edwin Palmer], Barry Norton [Reginald Van Lear], Oscar Smith [Sam], Perle Marshall [Detective Murphy], Norman Trevor [Judge Webster], George Kotsonaros [the ape], Maude Turner Gordon [Mrs. Van Lear], Richard Frazier
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Richard Rosson Production]. / Executive producer, William Fox. Scenario by Harry O. Hoyt and Andrew Bennison, from the novel Balaoo by Gaston Leroux. Assistant director, Park Frame. Cinematography by Frank B. Good. Intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Presented by William Fox. / © 1 December 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP24711]. Premiered 27 November 1927 in New York, New York. Released 11 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Drama: Horror-Mystery.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 3 December 1927, page 26] Dr. Coriolos, whose son was tried, convicted and electrocuted for murder, obtains an ape and trains it to overpower those whom its master seeks to destroy. Stanley Gordon, newspaper reporter, seeking a new angle on the murder of Palmer, stumbles onto the secret of Dr. Coriolos and saves two intended victims, Judge Webster and the latter's daughter, with whom Stanley is in love.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Revenge
Listing updated: 4 January 2023.
References: Kobal-Fifty p. 37; Marrero-Vintage pp. 5, 14, 15, 159 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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