The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
With Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Alma Rubens, Charles Stevens, George Hall, Tom Wilson, William Lowery
Directed by Christy Cabanne, John Emerson
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish is a 1916 American short silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, and Alma Rubens. Directed by John Emerson, the story was written by Tod Browning with intertitles by Anita Loos. A parody of Sherlock Holmes fiction, the film addresses the topic of narcotics in a very light comedic way.
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