The Mystery of the Tapestry Room (1915) Reviews

When the members of the Addison family start dying one by one, Tom Sharpleigh (Murdock MacQuarrie, who also directed) comes around to investigate. One of the murdered, the elder Addison, has willed the estate to his son, Howard (Frank Newling), but if Howard dies it goes to the butler -- Sharpleigh's estranged brother -- Adam (Frank MacQuarrie). These two men become the prime suspects. The murders were committed in the tapestry room of the mansion, and Tom convinces Howard to sleep there. Every night Tom guards him and a masked intruder enters through a panel. Tom tries to catch him but he escapes back through the panel. This happens again a couple of nights later, and the third time, Tom manages to shoot the man as he flees. But almost immediately, Adam comes in. Obviously he isn't the intruder, and the three men discover a passageway behind the panel. Inside, mortally wounded, is the masked man. It turns out to be Frank Sharpleigh, Adam's son (Kingsley Benedict). When Adam stopped paying Frank's gambling debts, he figured that if his father inherited the Addison estate, he would get some of the cash. Instead, he dies and the murders are solved. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi