director: James W. Horne
year: 1916
country: USA
history notes: Unidentified Film No. 024

This film has been identified thanks to contributions from members of the Lost FIlms community.

This film is believed to be produced by Luna-Film(?) in Germany(?) by Franz Hofer(?)
The following (character) names appear on the film stills:
- Mona Hartly: Protects the poor & the unhappy people.
- Mary Davenport: Her friend & co-worker.
- Thomas Reynolds: Became rich by devious means, known as the parasite.
- Ronald Maxwell: Rich and generous man.
- Tom Stalling: Without permanent livelihood.
- Durkin: Fortune-hunter.
- Wentworth: His accomplice.

In the story, a poor and lonely widow seems to be involved seeking for financial help. Some important correspondence turns up in the hands of Reynolds. The latter seems to 'breach the confidence' of others with the aid of these letters.

Film-stills are colored in sepia, blue, green & black & white!

Source notes
Nitrate Film Interest Group

Great work, David and Elif. As a curio: internet users can find a publicity photo taken at the Kalem studios while the series was still in production on the Remapping L.A. website.

Thanks to great help from David Kiehn, I think we have finally identified this film!
To begin with, we have found a rather similar fragment from the same series starring Marin Sais and Oliie Kirkby.
Our attempts to identify it, led us to this fragment. It is clear that this film belongs to the same series.
In the end David was able to identify both episodes. About this fragment he writes;
I looked and found out it is The Parasite, Episode 3 of The Social Pirates,
released 10 April 1916.
Mona Davenport is Marin Sais, Mary Hartley is Ollie Kirkby, Thomas Reynolds is played by Frank Jonasson, Quong Lee
is played by Thomas Lingham, Stallings is played by Paul Hurst, Reynolds' butler is Edward Clisbee, Mrs. Wharton is Jess Whitney.
The synopsis begins: "An affair of school days, when she wrote many foolish letters, has placed Mrs. Wharton in the clutches of
Reynolds, a clever society blackmailer.... Mona, by a clever ruse, secures a position in the blackmailer's household. When she
learns that Reynolds keeps the papers and letters that form so large a part of his stock in trade under guard in a safe she instructs
Mary to call in the aid of Stallings, a well known cracksman."
Parasite is in MPW 29 April 1916, page 851