A Message from Mars is a 1921 American silent fantasy comedy film directed by Maxwell Karger and starring Bert Lytell, Raye Dean, and Maude Milton.

He is credited for the invention and he studies his plans rather than go to a party with his fiancée, Minnie.

Parker awakens in a house fire inside the home of a soldier that he once refused help to.

Parker ends up rescuing the woman and invites her and other unfortunate people to his home, which also pleases his fiancée.

Staulcup or Lester J. Vermilyea are held up as likely candidates by historian Richard Koszarski, as both were known to work on Metro's New York films.