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The Jade Box is a american film of genre Action directed by Ray Taylor released in USA on 24 march 1930 with Jack Perrin
The Jade Box (1930)
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Add to a movie listThe Jade Box (1930) is a Universal movie serial. It was a partially sound film with large silent elements. Only an incomplete version survives today.
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John Lamar buys a Jade Box in Asia but it is stolen by his friend Martin Morgan. A cult, searching for the box because it contains the secret to invisibility, catches up with and abducts Lamar. After discovering the theft, the cult send a message to Martin and the pair's children: John Lamar's son, Jack, who is engaged to Martin Morgan's daughter, Helen. Jack searches for the Box while Martin attempts to discover the secret of invisibility for his own schemes.Actors
Jack Perrin
(Jack Lamar)
Louise Lorraine
(Helen Morgan)
Francis Ford
(Martin Morgan)
Wilbur Mack
(Edward Haines)
Leo White
(Percy Winslow)
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