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The Microscope Mystery
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Paul Powell

Cast: Wilfred Lucas [Doc Arnold], F.A. Turner [Ira Dayton], Constance Talmadge [Jessie Dayton], Pomeroy Cannon [Doctor Horatio Bell], Winnifred Westover [Hilda], Monte Blue [Jud], Fred Warren [Doctor Bell’s assistant], James O’Shea [Doctor Bell’s assistant], Jack Sealock [Drowsy], Kate Bruce [Mrs. Simpson]

The Fine Arts Film Company producton; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by William E. Wing [?] + [Tod Browning]?, from the short story “Bugs” by George Randolph Chester. / Released 19 November 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive (incomplete, reel 1 only — it is possible that an incomplete reel 1, an incomplete reel 2, reel 3 and reel 5 were donated in 2017)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 April 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information privded by Dana Cocke.