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The Evidence of the Film (1913)

15 min · Crime

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Directors

Edwin Thanhouser, Lawrence Marston

Cast

William Garwood, Marie Eline, Riley Chamberlin

The story

thumb|left|Scene from the film The Evidence of the Film tells the story of a messenger boy (Marie Eline) at a film studio who is framed for the theft of $20,000 in bonds by a broker (William Garwood). The broker plans to have his office staff witness him placing the bonds into an envelope and give it to the messenger boy to deliver to his client. Next, the broker follows the boy, knocks him down "by accident," and switches the original envelope with another filled with newspaper scraps.

Catalogue themes and tags

Film in Film, Filmdreh, Raub, Short Film, Crime Fiction, Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white

Genres

Crime

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