Top billed cast

1. 

   Conrad Veidt

   Erik the Great

2. 

   Mary Philbin

   Julie

3. 

   Leslie Fenton

   Buffo

4. 

   Fred MacKaye

   Mark Royce

5. 

   Eddie Boland

   Agent

6. 

   Anders Randolf

   Judge

7. 

   Sam De Grasse

   District Attorney

8. 

   Gusztáv Pártos

   Theatre Manager

9. 

   William H. Turner

   Booking Agent

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06

Don't be put off by the "horror" descriptor - this isn't at all a scary film, nor does it intend to be. Conrad Veidt is smashing as the magician deeply in love with his seventeen year old assistant "Julie" (Mary Philbin), whom he wants to marry when she is old enough. Snag is, she doesn't reciprocate. Indeed, she is busy fending off the attentions of his assistant "Buffo" (Leslie Fenton) and is actually in love with his protégé "Mark" (the dashing Fred MacKaye). Now the younger man is a bit of a scoundrel, something not unknown to his magician master "Erik", and the first rule of magic is (o...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• magician