The Diamond from the Sky

Plot

The prologue, in the serial's first episode, "A Heritage of Hate", depicts the finding of “The Diamond From the Sky” which later becomes the heirloom of the Stanley family, while the two reels of the first chapter show the intense rivalry between Colonel Arthur Stanley and Judge Lamar Stanley, Virginia aristocrats and descendants of Lord Arthur Stanley, two hundred years later.

When a girl is born to the young wife of Colonel Arthur Stanley, the latter, to retain an earldom and “The Diamond From the Sky,” buys a new born Gypsy baby boy and substitutes it for his own babe. Judge Lamar Stanley visits Colonel Arthur Stanley’s home to see the child just as Hagar, the gypsy woman, bursts into the room to demand her boy, and the colonel falls unconscious across the library table.

Cast

Chapter titles

1. A Heritage of Hate
2. An Eye For An Eye
3. The Silent Witness
4. The Prodigal's Progress
5. For The Sake of A False Friend
6. Shadows at Sunrise
7. The Fox and The Pig
8. A Mind In The Past
9. A Runaway Match
10. Old Foes With New Faces
11. The Web of Destiny
12. To The Highest Bidder
13. The Man In The Mask
14. For Love And Money
15. Desperate Chances
16. The Path of Peril
17. The King of Diamonds and the Queen of Hearts
18. The Charm Against Harm
19. Fire, Fury And Confusion
20. The Soul Stranglers
21. The Lion's Bride
22. The Rose In The Dust
23. The Double Cross
24. The Mad Millionaire
25. A House of Cards
26. The Garden of The Gods
27. Mine Own People
28. On the Wings of the Morning
29. A Deal With Destiny
30. The American Earl

Production

The story was purposely left unfinished, in the same manner as The Million Dollar Mystery. A prize of $5,000 was offered for its completion, which was won by Terry Ramsaye.