The Master Mystery (first four episodes) was first shown at a special trade show on November 7, 1918 at the Strand Theatre in New York City.
To honor this special event, I am sharing from my personal collection, the following 1918 Master Mystery Newspaper Reviews on the day they appeared 101 years ago:
- Sat Nov 9
- The New York Review
- Sunday Nov 10
- The Morning Telegraph
- Friday Nov 15
- Variety
- Saturday Nov 16
- Exhibitors Trade Review
- The Billboard
- Saturday Nov 23
- Motion Picture News
- The Moving Picture World
And at the conclusion of this series, I will do a special post that ties it all together.
Today, I share the review from The New York Review:
Interesting to see the Automaton referred to as “a frightful Frankenstein.”