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Mortmain (film)Mortmain is a five-part 1915 Vitagraph mystery drama film, directed bye Theodore Marston.[1] Reviewer Lynde Denig said it was a mystery drama with a scientific background that "comes pretty close to being a model of motion picture craftsmanship." The film was adapted from a story by Arthur Train.[2][3] The New York Clipper called it remindful of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe.[4] It stars Robert Edeson. Marguerite Bertsch wrote the screenplay. The story involves the grafting of one man's hand to replace a man's who had his crushed.[5] The consequences are haunting.[2] The film is presumed lost.[6] It was advertised as a "Medical Mystery".[7] An image used in advertising material features a creepy black and white hand with the word "MORT" but on it.[8] Censors blocked the film from being shown in Philadelphia and Chicago.[9] Cast
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