United Artists; 1919; dir: Victor Fleming, Theodore Reed; cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Kathleen Clifford, Frank Campeau, Ralph Lewis, Daisy Jefferson, Bull Montana, Herbert Grimwood. VHS edition, distributed by Videobrary, Inc., black-and-white, 75 minutes, recorded in SP speed. The comfortable and amiable Daniel Boone Brown (Douglas Fairbanks), a resident of New York's water front, becomes the victim of a mad scientist's psychological experiments. For days, Dr. Ulrich Metz (Herbert Grimwood) messes up Daniel's life, bringing on failing health, restless sleep, a nervous and irritable disposition, tardiness for work, and superstitions that cause worry and fear. Several months into the ordeal, one of Metz's minions, hired as Daniel's livery, feeds him a midnight snack of spring onions, lobster, Welsh rarebit and mince pie. We see the contents of his stomach causing pain and distress; then he has vivid and surreal nightmares. Will Metz succeed in driving Daniel to suicide? This film was directed by the renowned Victor Fleming, who later directed such classic iconic films including "The Wizard of Oz," "Gone With the Wind" and "The Good Earth."

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