The Hand Invisible (1919)
Drama | 17 March 1919
Director:
Harry O. HoytWriters:
Clara S. Beranger, Wallace C. CliftonProduction Company:
World Film Corp.The title was announced as the next starring vehicle for Montagu Love in the 12 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News. The cast also included nine-week-old Alice Lenk, who had already appeared in four other productions. An item in the 16 Nov 1918 Moving Picture World credited Mann Page as one of the screenwriters. Page was the brother of novelist and diplomat Thomas Nelson Page. The film marked former scenarist Harry O. Hoyt’s first directorial assignment.
The Hand Invisible opened in New York City on 15 Mar 1919 at the New York Theatre, and in Los Angeles, CA, at the Hippodrome Theatre on 9 Apr 1919. A general release took place on 17 Mar 1919. Reviews were mixed: While the 7 Mar 1919 Wid’s Daily found the picture entertaining, that day’s issue of Var dismissed it as trite and predictable. ...
The title was announced as the next starring vehicle for Montagu Love in the 12 Oct 1918 Motion Picture News. The cast also included nine-week-old Alice Lenk, who had already appeared in four other productions. An item in the 16 Nov 1918 Moving Picture World credited Mann Page as one of the screenwriters. Page was the brother of novelist and diplomat Thomas Nelson Page. The film marked former scenarist Harry O. Hoyt’s first directorial assignment.
The Hand Invisible opened in New York City on 15 Mar 1919 at the New York Theatre, and in Los Angeles, CA, at the Hippodrome Theatre on 9 Apr 1919. A general release took place on 17 Mar 1919. Reviews were mixed: While the 7 Mar 1919 Wid’s Daily found the picture entertaining, that day’s issue of Var dismissed it as trite and predictable.
Steel magnate Rodney Graham divorces his wife, Alice, after she suffers an injury that renders her unable to give him an heir. He pursues debutante Katherine Dale, whose fiancé, Dick Allen, died on the eve of their wedding. With the help of Katherine's ambitious mother, Rodney persuades her to marry him. Katherine dies after giving birth to Rodney, Jr., and the elder Graham's stepbrother, Arthur Haynes, angrily predicts the magnate’s sad demise. Rodney devotes himself to raising his son, who later falls in love with Arthur’s' daughter, Ruth. Although he objects to the match, Rodney is persuaded by Alice to allow it. Upon discovering that his son was actually Dick Allen's child, Rodney plans to disinherit the boy, but is paralyzed by a stroke before he can change his will. He attends the wedding in a wheelchair and dies soon ...
Steel magnate Rodney Graham divorces his wife, Alice, after she suffers an injury that renders her unable to give him an heir. He pursues debutante Katherine Dale, whose fiancé, Dick Allen, died on the eve of their wedding. With the help of Katherine's ambitious mother, Rodney persuades her to marry him. Katherine dies after giving birth to Rodney, Jr., and the elder Graham's stepbrother, Arthur Haynes, angrily predicts the magnate’s sad demise. Rodney devotes himself to raising his son, who later falls in love with Arthur’s' daughter, Ruth. Although he objects to the match, Rodney is persuaded by Alice to allow it. Upon discovering that his son was actually Dick Allen's child, Rodney plans to disinherit the boy, but is paralyzed by a stroke before he can change his will. He attends the wedding in a wheelchair and dies soon after.
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